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FINAL  REPORT 

OF  THE 

CHICAGO 

>  ■ 

J^ELIEF  (^OMMITTEE 

/.  O.  O.  F. 

Appointed  by  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  to  receive  the  Benefactions 
of  the  Brotherhood,  and  disburse  the  same  to  the  Sufferers 
by  the  Great  Fire,  Oct.  8th  and  9th,  1871. 

> 


CHICAGO : 
Printed  by  R.  R.  Donnelley  at  the  Lakeside  Press. 


TO 

The  Honorable  James  L.  Ridgely, 

RIGHT   WORTHY    GRAND    CORRESPONDING   AND    RECORDING   SECRETARY    OF  THE 
GRAND  LODGE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES, 
I.  O.  O.  F. 

DISTINGUISHED  ALIKE  FOR  PUBLIC  AND  PRIVATE  VIRTUES, 
WHOSE  EMINENT  SERVICES  IN  THE    CAUSE    OF  HUMANITY,  FOR  NEARLY  HALF  A  CENTURY, 
HAVE  WON  A  GENERAL   MEED  OF  PRAISE  AND  SHED    UNFADING  LUSTRE  ON  A 
FRATERNITY,  PEERLESS   IN  ITS  SYSTEMATIC  BENEVOLENCE, 
^  THIS   RECORD  OF   A    DIVINE    CHARITY  IS 

RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED 
BY  THE 

CHICAGO  RELIEF  COMMITTEE,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


PREFACE. 


It  seemed  desirable  at  one  time  to  publish  the  matter 
contained  in  this  report,  in  connection  with  other  matter 
of  permanent  interest  to  the  fraternity,  in  a  memorial 
volume,  and  considerable  labor  was  expended  in  that 
direction  by  the  Committee,  and  some  most  excellent 
material  was  kindly  prepared  by  several  eminent  gentle- 
men connected  with  the  order.  It  is  proper  briefly  to 
state  the  reasons  why  such  publication  was  not  undertaken. 

It  was  obviously  impossible  to  make  a  final  report 
until  tfie  funds  contributed  had  been  expended.  Owing 
to  the  generous  and  prolonged  beneficence  of  the 
brotherhood,  enough  was  contributed  not  only  to  meet 
the  pressing  needs  of  the  terrible  exigency,  but  also  to 
relieve  cases  of  special  suffering,  after  the  more  imme- 
diate wants  of  the  destitute  thousands  were  supplied. 
This  distribution  has  but  recently  ceased.  Owing  to  the 
lapse  of  time,  the  intensity  of  the  interest  in  the  subject 
has  greatly  diminished,  especially  since  the  kindred 
calamity  which  befell  Boston.  Hence  the  financial  suc- 
cess of  the  proposed  volume  would  at  this  time  be 
problematical. 


6  '  Preface. 


Moreover,  the  great  pressure  of  private  business  has 
rendered  it  simply  impossible  for  the  Committee  to  under- 
take an  enterprise  so  laborious.  Indeed,  impaired  health 
has  compelled  the  Secretary  to  obtain  important  assist- 
ance in  the  preparation  of  this  Report. 

It  is  doubtless  desirable  that  so  striking  an  exemplifica- 
tion of  practical  Odd  Fellowship  should  be  placed  upon 
the  enduring  tablet  of  history,  where  it  may  shine  with 
glorious  effulgence  even  when  mellowed  by  the  hazy 
atmosphere  of  intervening  years.  But  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  the  United  States,  at  its  recent  session,  took  the 
initiative  toward  the  compilation  of  an  exhaustive  history 
of  the  order,  and  it  seems  appropriate  that  a  record  of  this 
extraordinary  manifestation  of  the  ordinary  spirit  of  Odd 
Fellowship  should  find  its  historic  niche  in  that  forth- 
coming work. 

In  order  to  meet,  however,  in  part,  the  general  expect- 
ation, a  brief  resume  of  the  startling  events  which  called 
forth  this  grand  exhibition  of  fraternal  love  has  been 
given.  From  the  abundant  material  collected,  but  here 
and  there  a  fragment  could  be  used,  and  much  which  it 
was  designed  to  include  has  necessarily  been  omitted. 
It  seemed  that  the  multitudinous  details  of  distribution 
and  expenditure,  which  have  been  examined,  audited 
and  approved  by  eminent  brothers  duly  authorized 
thereto  by  the  Right  Worthy  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois, 
and  which  if  given  in  full  would  have  excluded  all  other 
matter,  might  properly  give  place  to  something  of  more 


Preface. 


7 


general  interest.  Simple  justice,  however,  demanded  a 
detailed  statement  of  contributions,  and  to  render  this 
accurate  no  pains  have  been  spared. 

The  illustrations  contained  in  the  Report  were  kindly 
furnished  by  the  publisher,  and  while  they  add  much  to 
its  interest,  add  nothing  to  its  cost. 

We  desire  to  acknowledge  the  valuable  assistance  ren- 
dered by  Prof.  Samuel  Willard,  P.  G.  R.,  P.  G.  Sec'y, 
in  the  preparation  of  this  Report.  His  accurate  and 
incisive  statements  of  fact,  and  his  vigorous  but  tem- 
perate style  will  no  doubt  be  recognized  by  those  familiar 
with  his  writings. 


FINAL  REPORT 

OF  THE 

Chicago  Relief  Committee, 

I.  o.  o.  F. 

On  the  eighteenth  day  of  September,  1871,  the  Right 
Worthy  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States  met  in  the 
city  of  Chicago  in  annual  session.  Since  1850,  when  the 
National  Grand  Lodge  met  in  Cincinnati,  none  of  its  ses- 
sions had  been  held  in  the  Northwest,  and  only  those  of 
1860,  at  Nashville,  and  of  1869,  at  San  Francisco,  had 
been'h^ld  west  of  the  AUeghanies.  To  the  members  of 
the  Order  in  Illinois,  and  all  the  northwestern  jurisdic- 
tions, the  occasion  was  one  of  great  interest,  and  of 
enjoyment  as  well.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  assem- 
bled in  special  session  to  receive  the  supreme  organiza- 
tion, and  to  welcome  it  to  the  great  City  of  the  Lakes, 
and  to  the  Prairie  State  ;  and  brothers  from  Wisconsin, 
Indiana,  Michigan,  Ohio,  Iowa,  and  even  from  remoter 
States,  took  advantage  of  the  rare  occasion  to  see  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  and  the  famous  city 
whose  rapid  growth  and  marvelous  energy  were  long 
since  proverbial.  The  weather  was  fine ;  and  in  the 
grand  procession  of  Tuesday,  the  19th,  five  thousand 
Odd  Fellows  in  holiday  regalia,  with  music  and  banners, 


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moved  through  some  of  the  principal  streets,  passing 
under  the  Chicago  River  by  the  La  Salle  Street  Tunnel, 
and  over  the  same  stream  by  two  of  its  bridges.  The 
officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  and  Grand  Encampment  of 
Illinois,  and  of  other  jurisdictions  who  were  visiting, 
together  with  the  officers  atid  members  of  the  Grand 


Chicago  Court  House  —  Before  the  Fire.. 

Lodge  of  the  United  States,  filled  a  hundred  carriages, 
and  added  splendor  to  the  line  in  which  the  rank  and 
file  of  the  Order  bore  testimony,  by  their  manly  bearing 
and  self-respecting  dignity,  to  the  intelligence  and  power 
of  the  wide-spread  fraternity.  It  w^as  a  day  of  jubilee. 
The  citizens  of  Chicago,  knowing  the  representative 
character  of  the  assemblage,  looked  on  the  display  Avith 
pride  in  their  city  and  in  the  evidences,  on  every  hand. 


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of  its  enterprise,  energy  and  power ;  and  they  gave  the 
visitors  a  Western  welcome,  and  all  the  attention  that 
the  courtesy  of  the  occasion  could  suggest. 


Ruins  of  the  Court  House. 


On  Thursday,  the  21st,  the  members  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  United  States,  many  of  whom  had  wives 
and  daughters  with  them,  enjoyed  an  excursion  on  the 
little  steamer  Chicago  Belle^  which  first  took  them  out 
into  the  Lake  to  "  The  Crib,"  the  structure  covering  the 
lake  end  of  the  tunnel  which  supplies  the  city  with  pure 
and  abundant  w^ater.  Thence  the  little  vessel  re-entered 
the  Chicago  River,  and  ascended  the  ''South  Branch" 
for  three  or  four  miles,  passing  through  the  heart  of  the 
city,  and  among  its  vast  lumber  yards,  huge  granaries, 
great  warehouses,  and  other  manifestations  of  the  com- 
mercial greatness  and  activity  of  the  city  of  but  forty 
years'  growth.  To  the  strangers,  and  even  to  many  w^ho 
were  somewhat  familiar  with  Chicago,  the  passage  up 
and  down  the  river  gave  a  succession  of  w^onders.  The 
Secretary  of  the  Committee  of  Reception  gave  a  few 


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words  of  explanation  or  of  statistics  from  time  to  time, 
enough  to  relieve  curiosity  and  to  stimulate  wonder, 
which  stood  with  attentive  ears  and  observant  eyes.  No 
Jonah  was  at  hand  to  sa}^,  "  Yet  eighteen  days,  and  this 
city  shall  be  overthrown  I  "    And  had  he  been  there,  we 


Court  House  Bell  in  Ruins. 


should  have  laughed  to  scorn  the  boding  prophet  of  so 
incredible  a  calamity.  But  on  the  twentieth  day  from 
the  time  of  the  grand  procession,  at  high  noon,  there  was 
no  living  creature,  human  or  brute,  in  almost  all  the  area 
of  its  display ;  scarcely  an  unbroken  wall  was  standing ; 
the  river,  so  full  of  commerce,  was  useless  as  it  had  been 
a  century  before ;  the  bridges  had  fallen  in  shapeless 
ruin ;  the  huge  granaries  were  smoking  mounds ;  the 
beauty  and  wealth  of  the  city  had  shriveled  in  the  flame, 
and  gone  to  ashes ;  and  a  third  of  its  busy  inhabitants,  a 
hundred  thousand  souls,  were  dazed  and  destitute  wan- 
derers, or  fleeing  for  life  from  the  still-raging  fury  of  the 
destroyer,  while  the  remaining  citizens,  powerless  to  pre- 


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vent  or  to  stay  the  whirlwind  march  of  the  desolation, 
were  equally  astounded,  terrified,  and  hopeless  as  those 
upon  whom  the  direct  stroke  had  fallen.  The  incom- 
municable experiences  of  those  fateful  and  fearful  days 
may  be  told  of,  but  can  not  be  told  ;  but  to  displa}^  with 
a  tithe  of  its  due  praise  the  grand  charity  that  sprang  to 
the  rescue,  the  historian  must  strive  to  relate  the  ruin 
and  helplessness  it  came  to  relieve. 

THE  CITY. 

Chicago  is  divided  into  three  parts  by  the  Chicago 
River  and  its  branches,  the  sections  being  called  the 
North,  South,  and  West  Sides  of  the  city.  The  North 
Side  lies  between  the  North  Branch  of  the  River  and  the 
Lake ;  the  South  Side,  between  the  South  Branch  of  the 
River  and  the  Lake,  the  stream  formed  by  the  union  of 
the  branches  separating  the  North  and  South  Sides ;  and 
the  West  Side  lies  west  of  both  branches.  This  the 
reader  will  at  once  understand  from  the  map  of  the  cen- 
tral part  of  the  city  and  of  the  Burnt  District,  which  is 
presented  on  page  15,  and  which  shows  an  area  four  miles 
long  from  north  to  south,  and  three  miles  wide  from  east 
to  west.  The  map  does  not  represent  all  the  streets  of 
the  city  in  that  area,  nor  does  it  show  those  which  run 
obliquely,  or  irregularly,  of  which  there  are  a  few ;  but  it 
does  show  the  outline  of  the  region  burned  over,  and  the 
location  of  some  notable  points,  as  well  as  the  courses  of 
the  branches  of  the  river  and  the  three  divisions  of  the 
city. 

The  original  settlement  was  on  the  South  Side  ;  and 
there  were  our  Court  House,  our  Post  Office,  our  public 
halls,  also  our  places  of  amusement,  our  great  hotels,  our 


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banks,  large  printing  offices,  the  immense  wholesale  and 
retail  houses,  the  vast  railroad  stations  and  depots,  the 
very  center,  pith,  and  marrow  of  what  made  Chicago  the 
greatest  city  on  the  Lakes  —  the  metropolis  of  the  North- 
west. Into  its  harbor,  formed  by  the  Chicago  River  and 
its  branches,  came  the  ships  and  steamers,  penetrating  for 
miles,  a  strange  sight  to  be  seen  nowhere  else  ;  and  the 
docks  and  slips  with  the  river  banks  made  a  wharfage 
reckoned  by  scores  of  miles.  The  three  sections  were 
united  by  pivoted .  bridges,  which  swung  upon  central 
piers  to  allow  ships  to  pass ;  and  from  the  South  Side 
there  passed  tunnels,  with  roadways  and  footways,  one  to 
the  West  Side  and  one  to  the  North,  making  communica- 
tion independent  of  the  bridges.  Of  the  amount  of  pass- 
ing by  these  bridges  one  may  form  an  idea  from  the  count 
made  by  the  police,  April  1st,  1871,  on  which  day, 
between  six  o'clock,  morning,  and  seven  o'clock,  evening, 
240,000  people  crossed  the  river,  and  41,200  vehicles.* 

Along  the  river  lay  vast  lumber  yards,  huge  piles  of 
coal,  teeming  warehouses  of  grain  and  meat,  and  mammoth 
elevators  to  transfer  grain.  Comparatively  few  dwelt  in 
the  heart  of  the  city  where  traffic  had  its  seat,  and  the 
river  front  was  left  free  for  commerce  and  manufactures. 

The  South  Side  had,  as  already  said,  the  great  mass  of 
commercial  houses,  gathered  near  the  main  stream  of  the 
River ;  and  south  of  these,  that  quarter  of  the  city  was 
principally  occupied,  toward  the  Lake,  by  residences,  and 
toward  the  South  Branch  by  manufactures  and  the  homes 
of  workingmen  and  of  the  poor.    Only  the  southern  por- 

*  It  will  be  understood  that  there  were  so  many  crossings  of  the  river 
each  person  being  counted  every  time  he  crossed.  The  precise  total  was 
236,401,  without  report  from  two  bridges  and  the  tunnel.  The  four  bridg- 
es at  Madison,  Clark,  Wells,  and  Randolph  Streets  had  136,867  crossings. 


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tion  of  the  North  Side  was  given  exclusively  to  business  ; 
the  remainder,  like  the  South  Side,  was  occupied  in  its 
Lake  portion  by  the  residences  of  the  wealthy ;  and  here 
were  also  several  fine  churches,  the  Historical  Society 
building,  and  the  Water  Works  —  which  should  appear 
on  our  map  on  the  banks  of  the  Lake  where  Chicago 
Avenue  comes  to  the  shore  ;  these  supplied  the  whole 
city  with  water  drawn  from  a  point  in  the  Lake  two  and 
a  half  miles  from  shore.  The  portion  of  the  North  Side 
near  the  North  Branch  was  like  the  corresponding  part 
of  the  South  Side.  That  part  of  the  West  Side  which 
was  visited  by  the  fire,  being  near  the  river,  was  like  the 
river  regions  of  the  other  sides,  except  that  here  were 
more  lumber  yards  and  planing  mills. 

Chicago,  in  the  fall  of  1871,  was  a  city  of  334,270 
inhabitants,  occupying  50,500  buildings,  upon  an  area  of 
30,000  acres,  much  of  which,  however,  in  the  western 
part  of  the  city,  was  unimproved.  Of  the  buildings, 
many  were  large,  beautiful,  and  costly  structures,  on 
streets  where  only  such  were  seen ;  and  yet  so  rapidly 
had  the  city  grown,  that  from  the  great  warehouses  of 
Lake  and  State  Streets,  from  Booksellers'  Row  —  sur- 
passed in  beauty,  fulness,  and  convenience  by  no  book- 
stores in  America,  from  the  churches  and  trees  which 
were  the  pride  of  Wabash  Avenue,  and  from  the  elegant 
and  substantial  dwellings  of  Michigan  Avenue,  one  might 
pass  in  five  minutes  to  old,  dilapidated  wooden  houses, 
occupied  by  the  poor  or  the  vile  —  miserable  homes  for 
any  human  being.  But  the  steady  demand  for  room  for 
the  best  class  of  buildings  was  constantly  displacing  these 
monuments  of  the  earlier  and  poorer  days  of  the  city. 

It  has  been  till  recently  the  universal  opijaion  that  the 
great  fire  of  Chicago  was  owing  almost  entirely  to  the 


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great  number  of  wooden  houses ;  for  Chicago  was  a  wooden 
city,  it  must  he  confessed.  The  cheapness  of  lumber  had 
been  one  of  the  very  causes  of  the  growth  of  the  city,  as 
it  enabled  workingmen,  and  men  of  small  means,  to  build 
cheap  but  comfortable  homes,  with  but  little  delay  and 
cost,  as  soon  as  they  had  even  a  small  accumulation  of 
savings.  A  long  drought  had  made  the  wooden  houses 
dry  as  tinder,  so  that  the  fire,  when  once  started,  with  a 
high  wind,  siDread  with  unprecedented  rapidity.  Unfor- 
tunately we  have  jDroof,  in  the  recent  conflagration  in 
Boston  (November  9,  10  and  11,  1872),  that  neither  of 
these  conditions  of  small  wooden  houses,  drought,  or  high 
wind  is  essentially  necessary  to  produce  a  great  fire,  which 
may  begin  and  rage  as  fearfully  among  granite  warehouses 
with  slated  roofs  as  among  the  slight  structui-es  of  the 
city  on  the  prairie,  With  singular  foresight  did  Bro. 
Charles  Hayden,  R.  W.  Grand  Treasuier  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  say  to  the  writer  of  these  lines, 
on  the  second  of  August,  1872,  that  he  saw  that  just  such 
a  devastation  was  possible  in  Boston ;  designating  as  its 
field  the  very  part  of  that  city  which  has  suffered.  But 
there  is  no  doubt  that  the  light  frame  houses  of  the 
hastily-built  city  were  in  our  case  the  sufficient  reasons 
for  the  rapid  increase  of  the  fire,  and  quickly  produced  the 
intense  heat  and  flying  fragments  by  which  it  spread. 
With  no  experience  of  the  danger,  and  of  its  rapid  accu- 
mulation, in  ratio  greater  than  that  of  the  mere  extent  of 
area  so  covered,  with  a  reliance  upon  the  activity  and 
efficiency  of  a  trained  and  well-furnished  Fire  Depart- 
ment, with  an  abundant  supply  of  water  from  powerful 
Water  Works,  it  is  no  wonder  that  the  calamity  was  un- 
foreseen. 

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THE  FIRE. 

On  Saturday  evening,  October  7th,  1871,  a  fire  broke 
out  in  the  planing-mill  of  Bros.  Lull  and  Holmes,  on  the 
West  Side,  near  the  Van  Buren  Street  Bridge,  on  Canal 
Street.  There  was  no  great  wind,  yet  the  fire  spread 
rapidly,  burning  nearly  the  whole  of  the  great  lumber  yard 
of  Chapin  &  Foss,  and  in  every  direction  seizing  upon 
the  light  wooden  buildings  on  that  and  the  adjacent 
blocks,  until  it  had  burned  its  way  to  Adams  Street, 
slightly  burning  the  viaduct  to  the  bridge  and  a  small 
house  north  of  it.  But  by  aid  of  all  the  engines  of  the 
city,  the  fire  was  subdued ;  and  on  Sunday,  curious 
crowds  came  to  see  the  area  of  "the  big  fire."  The  Sun- 
day papers  told  of  twenty  acres  burned  over,  and  of  the 
loss  of  three  quarters  of  a  million  of  dollars.  A  gentle- 
man said  to  his  sons,  as  they  walked  home  :  "  Boys,  you 
saw  the  largest  fire  last  night  you  '11  ever  see." 

Of  this  preliminary  fire  two  things  are  notable.  First, 
that  from  the  burning  lumber  yard  great  coals  were  borne 
over  the  river,  and  fell  upon  the  South  Side,  so  that  if 
there  had  been  a  high  wind  the  great  fire  would  have 
begun  that  night.  Next,  that  the  Saturday  night  fire 
was  the  saving  of  the  West  Side,  or  at  least  of  a  large 
part  of  it ;  for  had  it  not  furnished  a  limit  to  the  fire  of 
Sunday  night,  much  more  of  the  West  Side  would  have 
gone  ;  certainly  all  east  of  Jefferson  Street ;  besides,  the 
fire  would  have  worked  back  toward  the  west  and  the 
south ;  and  all  of  the  North  Side  that  escaped  would  have 
been  burned. 

On  Sunday  evening,  October  8th,  began  the  great  Chi- 
cago fire.  A  writer  in  the  Lakeside  Monthly  says:  ''A 
despicable  combination  of  cow,  kerosene,  and  baled  hay, 


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was  responsible  for  it  all."  To  which  he  should  add  the 
force  of  human  stupidity,  in  the  person  of  a  blundering 
Irishwoman  who  made  the  combination,  and  thus  the 
combustion.  About  half-past  nine  o'clock  the  accident 
happened  in  a  little  cow  stable  on  De  Koven  Street.  The 
street  was  a  poor,  narrow  one,  occupied  almost  exclusively 


Booksellers*  Row  —  Before  the  Fire. 


by  foreigners  —  Irish,  Germans  and  Bohemians.  In  about 
ten  minutes  an  engine  was  at  hand,  but  the  fire  had 
already' spread  to  adjoining  sheds  and  buildings,  and  the 
firemen  soon  found  it  had  jumped  over  them  to  a  planing 


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mill.  Engine  after  engine  arrived,  but  the  firemen  found 
all  efforts  vain ;  they  could  not  bear  to  work  in  front  of 
the  fire ;  and  if  they  did,  it  leaped  over  them,  driven  by 
the  fiercest  tempest  of  wind  of  all  that  memorable  au- 
tumn. When  the  great  wooden  church,  St.  Paul's,  thus 
burst  into  flames  beyond  them,  at  a  time  when  success 
seemed  probable,  all  hope  of  stopping  the  advance  of  the 
fire  line  was  gone ;  it  would  stay  on  reaching  the  burnt 
area  of  the  night  before,  and  could  be  kept  from  spread- 
ing to  the  west.  For  a  while  this  was  all  that  was  at- 
tempted. The  rising  and  growing  light  of  the  fire,  and 
the  bright  cloud  of  sparks  that  mounted  higher  and  spread 
further,  drew  great  crowds ;  some  helped  the  unfortunates 
that  snatched  a  portion  of  their  little  all  from  the  flames, 
but  most  stood  hinderingly  in  the  way. 

At  about  half-past  twelve,  Monday  morning,  we  must 
now  say,  we  that  worked  drew  a  sigh  of  relief  as  we  saw 
that  to  the  west  and  north  the  fire  had  reached  its  limit. 
We  had  not  thought  of  its  crossing  the  River;  none  had 
seemed  to  think  of  it.  But  about  twenty  minutes  after 
twelve  a  blazing  mass  of  wood,  borne  fully  a  quarter  of  a 
mile,  lighted  upon  a  three-story  wooden  house  near  the 
Gas  Works,  which  were  at  Adams  Street  Bridge,  on  the 
South  Side.  Instantly  the  scene  of  destruction  that  had 
been  played  on  the  West  Side  was  repeated  here,  but 
with  greater  fury  of  the  elements.  The  hot  air  from  the 
other  side  and  the  shower  of  coals  soon  set  the  great 
Armory  building  and  the  miserable  little  tenements  of 
"  Conley's  Patch,"  on  Adams  Street  near  the  River,  into  a 
fierce  blaze.  In  a  few  minutes  the  whole  of  both  sides  of 
Adams  Street,  and  the  double  block  on  the  north  side  of 
this  street  were  on  fire.  Before  a  messenger  could  reach 
the  firemen  on  the  West  Side,  they  had  seen  the  new 


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disaster;  and,  thoroughly  discouraged,  and  ahnost  utterly 
worn  out  from  the  Herculean  labors  of  the  two  nights, 
some  of  them  crossed  the  river,  to  find  themselves  even 
more  powerless  here  than  the^^  had  been  on  their  first 
field  of  encounter.  From  this  time  the  conflagration 
passed  all  description  and  all  conception  of  those  who 
have  not  seen  the  like.  The  restrained  statement  and  the 
boldest  hyperbole  must  alike  fail ;  for  the  former  can  not 
gather  the  particulars,  and  the  latter  can  not  raise  the 
imagination  to  the  reality.  The  roar  of  the  tongues  of 
flame,  the  crackling  of  burning  wood,  and  the  crash  of 
falling  houses,  became  like  the  sounding  plunge  of  Niagara. 
The  wind,  which  at  dusk  had  been  a  strong  breeze,  with 
fitful  gusts  of  intensit}^,  had  risen  now  to  a  strong  gale, 
which  fed  the  conflagration  with  limitless  supply,  and  was 
supplemented  by  the  eddies  and  currents  created  by  the 
fire  itself;  it  whirled  along  the  streets  with  an  awful 
flood  of  heat  and  cinders  and  smoke,  and  raised  some- 
times blinding,  choking  clouds  of  dust ;  while  high  over- 
head it  carried  the  magnificently  terrible  cloud  of  sparks 
and  firebrands,  dreadful  messengers  to  tell  of  the  desola- 
tion they  had  left  behind,  a  fact  of  the  past,  and  to  prom- 
ise the  destruction  that  rode  forward,  resistless  as  time 
and  merciless  as  death; — prophets  of  a  doom  of  which  they 
were  also  the  swift  executioners. 

On  the  West  Side,  the  fire,  on  reaching  its  limit  to  the 
north,  began  to  work  back  along  the  river,  destroying- 
Van  Buren  and  Polk  Street  bridges,  and  more  than  once 
crossing  the  River  as  at  first,  and  kindling  new  lines  of 
conflagration.  Meanwhile  the  original  column  moved  on, 
^  throwing  off  to  the  northward  a  branch  that  swept  rapidly 
toward  the  main  stream  of  the  river.  The  direction  of  the 
main  column  was  toward  the  fine  buildings  on  LaSalle 


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Street,  the  Telegraph  Office,  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  Court  House,  and  the  Sherman  House.  The 
Sherman  was  the  great  hotel  opposite  the  Court  House, 
and  north  of  it,  which  was  the  headquarters  of  the  Grand 
Representatives  during  the  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
the  United  States ;  and  at  this  time  it  had  three  hundred 
guests,  all  of  whom,  including  five  who  were  sick,  were 
safely  removed  or  hurriedly  escaped.  So  few  took  note  of 
time  that  it  is  hardly  possible  from  the  accounts  of  eye- 
witnesses to  construct  a  history  of  the  progress  of  the 
conflagration ;  but  from  Mrs.  Shorey's  relation  of  her 
experience  of  that  night,  we  learn  that  at  five  minutes 
before  two,  her  son,  standing  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
Court  House  Square,  saw  no  flames  on  either  street ;  but 
at  twelve  minutes  after  two,  the  clock  tower  was  in 
flames,  and  the  hands  fell  from  sight.*  The  fire  had 
reached  the  Court  House  by  one  of  those  prodigious 
leaps  for  which  it  was  so  remarkable,  the  buildings  to  the 
south  of  it  being  still  unharmed.  The  great  bell  which 
had  sounded  the  alarm  at  the  outbreak  of  the  fire,  and 
signals  since,  had  begun  to  toll  slow,  solemn,  regular 
strokes  a  few  minutes  before  two,  and  continued  so 
sounding  until  the  watchman  was  driven  down  by  the 
fire.  The  lower  story  was  used  as  a  temporary  prison ; 
only  those  charged  with  serious  crimes  were  conveyed 
away ;  the  rest  were  discharged  at  once,  but  rumor  had  it 
that  a  hundred  had  perished  in  their  cells. 

Soon  the  fire  passed  the  main  stream  of  the  Chicago 

*Mrs.  Shorey,  wife  of  Daniel  L.  Shorey,  P.  G.  Representative,  gave  in  Old 
and  New  for  January,  1872,  one  of  the  best  personal  relations  that  we  have. 
Standing  for  a  time  upon  the  roof  of  Portland  Block,  driven  from  it  by  its 
burning,  the  excitement  only  quickened  her  observation  and  made  vigorous 
and  clear  her  descriptions. 


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River,  and  sped  on  to  tlie  lake  shore  in  its  northeastward 
line.  At  every  step  of  its  advance  men  hoped  against 
what  we  now  see  was  the  rule  of  its  progress.  It  was  so 
unlike  all  ordinary  fires  that  few  could  believe  that  it 
would  do  what  now  seems  almost  natural  for  it.    By  a 


Ruins  of  the  Post  Office. 


leap  of  not  less  than  a  quarter  of  a  mile  over  intervening 
houses,  at  three  o'clock  on  Monday  morning,  it  set  fire  to 
the  roof  of  the  Water  Works  and  ruined  the  mighty 
engines  which  gave  the  city  the  water  which  was  then  its 
special  need.  Hope  died  everywhere  when  the  water 
failed.  Field,  Leiter  &  Co.'s  magnificent  store  and  the 
Tribune  Building,  McVicker's  Theatre,  and  much  of  the 
South  Side  east  of  Dearborn  street  and  north  of  Harrrison, 
were  still  defended  bravely,  though  the  Post  office  had 
yielded  ;  but  without  water  the  contest  could  not  be  kept 
up.  The  Tribune  Building  was  burned  at  half  past  seven 
in  the  morning,  and  the  flood  of  fire  pushed  on,  taking 


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Bookseller's  Row  and  everything  yet  spared,  down  to  the 
mouth  of  the  river,  except  the  First  National  Bank  and 
one  great  elevator ;  its  companion  left  a  pile  of  scorched 
and  ruined  grain  fifty  feet  high,  one  hundred  or  more 
wide,  and  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  long.  The 
fire  worked  backward  on  the  South  Side  till  near  noon, 
when  it  was  arrested  at  Harrison  street,  partly  by  the  use 
of  gunpowder. 

On  the  North  Side  the  fire  moved  as  on  the  South,  by 
successive  columns.  A  line  of  fire  would  sweep  along 
leaving  houses  near  it  untouched,  and  the  occupants  would 
feel  relieved  of  their  apprehensions,  but  would  presently 
flee  as  their  neighbors  had  done.  So  all  da}^  the  dwellings 
fell,  sometimes  slowly,  sometimes  rapidly,  till  at  night  it 
had  reached  the  northern  limit  of  the  city,  and  was  stayed. 
The  Cemetery  and  Lincoln  Park  did  not  escape  ;  the  lofty 
tower  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Name  sent  up  a  column 
of  flame  to  the  height  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  or  three 
hundred  feet ;  the  New  England  and  Unity  churches  were 
somewhat  protected  by  a  little  park,  but  did  not  find  it  a 
sufficient  defense ;  but  one  wooden  dwelling-house  near 
them,  Mahlon  D.  Ogden's,  stood  unhurt.  In  this  quarter 
of  the  city  were  the  greatest  losses  of  fine  houses,  trees, 
shrubbery,  greenhouses,  gardens,  libraries,  pictures,  and 
the  elegances  of  wealthy  homes. 

,  While  sketching  this  immense  devastation,  we  have  said 
nothing  of  the  frail  humanity  that  was  but  as  the  grass  of 
the  field,  that  to-day  is,  and  to-morrow  is  cast  into  the 
oven.  If  the  mere  physical  facts  of  the  fire  were  utterly 
indescribable,  how  much  more  so  are  the  tragedies  of 
agony  and  the  comedies  of  folly  that  were  played  in  all 
the  streets  where  the  terror  had  its  course !  As  soon  as 
the  fire  became  unmanageable  on  the  West  Side,  the  con- 


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fusion  of  the  struggle  swelled  fast  and  high.  Men  and 
women  lost  all  judgment  and  self-control.  They  snatched 
from  their  burning  dwellings  alike  the  most  valuable  and 
the  most  worthless  things.  Women  caught  up  their 
canaries  and  their  dogs,  and  rushed  unclothed  into  the 
street ;  men  struggled  with  stoves  and  lost  their  coats. 
Moving  before  the  fire  instead  of  out  of  its  line,  they  set 
down  again  and  again  their  rapidly-lessening  possessions- 
Families  were  separated ;  children  were  lost :  yet  each 
individual  disaster  could  ask  little  pity  and  expect  small 
aid  while  it  was  so  slight  a  fraction  of  the  general  distress. 
Wagons,  buggies,  carts,  vehicles  of  all  kinds,  drawn  by 
horses  or  by  hand,  were  filled  as  near  the  fire  as  possible 
and  driven  away ;  sometimes  rushing  from  various  direc- 
tions at  once,  they  met  in  narrow  or  crowded  streets  and 
were  broken,  crushed,  overturned,  and  abandoned  to  the 
swift-pursuing  flames.  For  a  while  policemen  vainly 
strove  to  maintain  a  remnant  of  civic  order. 

As  the  fire  increased  in  fury  and  speed,  the  scene 
changed^.  The  dishonest  poor  and  the  desperate,  and  the 
released  prisoners,  found  it  an  occasion  for  license  and 
plunder  and  robbery.  Unable  to  save  their  own  scanty 
possessions,  and  seeing  wealth  going  to  destruction  in  the 
great  marts  of  the  city,  they  sought  to  make  gain  of  the 
losses  of  others.  Men  who  saw  their  property  in  the  path 
of  the  flames,  made  frantic  efforts  to  save  at  least  the  most 
valuable  things,  and  often  lost  life  in  their  ventures,  for 
they  could  not  conceive  the  rapidity  of  the  oncoming  of 
the  destroyer.  Houses  ignited  suddenly  all  over  at  once, 
like  a  piece  of  paper  held  near  the  fire.  In  many  cases 
persons  entered  houses  that  seemed  secure  for  the  few 
minutes  they  needed,  but  were  enveloped  in  flames  almost 
instantly.    Perilous  leaps  for  life  were  made,  too  often  in 


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vain.  Into  abandoned  liquor  saloons  the  mad  lovers  of 
the  fatal  draught  hastened  to  revel  in  their  tempting 
abundance,  and  sank  in  fatal  delirium  on  their  floors.  It 
can  never  be  known  how  great  was  the  loss  of  life  in  the 
central  part  of  the  city.  On  the  North  Side,  the  region 
of  homes,  the  frightened  people,  waked  at  the  hour  of 
soundest  natural  sleep,  were  most  completely  unready  for 


Ruins  of  Robert  Collyer's  Church. 

[Unitarian.] 


the  exigency ;  and  here  the  largest  number  of  dead  was 
found.  Of  course,  in  so  large  a  city,  one-eighth  of  the 
great  State  of  Illinois  in  population,  having  more  inhab- 
itants than  either  New  Hampshire  or  Vermont,  somewhere 
the  opposite  agonies  of  birth  and  death  were  always  going 


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on  ;  and  only  the  greatest  efforts  could  save  the  sick  and 
the  weak,  the  aged  and  the  infant.  From  the  North  Side 
hundreds  found  their  only  avenue  of  escape  to  be  to  the 
sands  of  the  lake  shore,  where  life  was  scarcely  possible 
to  be  saved  at  last  with  the  hot,  stifling  air  from  the 
burning  city  pouring  over  them  for  a  day  and  a  night 
before  they  could  escape.    Some  died  of  the  excitement 


Ruins  of  Trinity  Church. 
[Episcop.^l.] 


and  exposure,  and  want  of  food  ;  and  some  were  drowned 
in  the  lake  by  venturing  too  far  into  its  waters.  The 
people  of  the  North  Side  heard  reports  that  the  West  Side 
was  burning  still,  and  that  it  was  useless  and  hopeless  to 
seek  safety  in  that  direction  ;  and  that  the  bridges  were 


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burned.  By  midnight  of  Monday  the  fire  had  ceased  to 
spread,  and  the  people  could  turn  to  think  of  the  future, 
and  of  the  instant  necessities.  A  slight  rain  fell  on  the 
morning  of  Tuesday,  quenching  in  part  the  embers  and 
remnants  still  burning. 

THE  LOSSES. 

The  fire  lasted  about  twenty-seven  hours,  and  burned 
over  an  area  of  nearly  seventeen  hundred  acres,  not  much 
less  than  three  square  miles.  Including  the  streets,  the 
area  was  two  thousand  one  hundred  and  twenty-four 
acres,  more  than  three  and  one-fourth  square  miles.  In 
this  area  the  length  of  streets  was  seventy-three  miles  ; 
the  total  length  of  sidewalk  burned  was  one  hundred 
and  twenty-one  and  three-fourth  miles.  The  buildings 
destroyed  were  seventeen  thousand  four  hundred  and  fifty 
(17,450),  of  which  thirteen  thousand  three  hundred 
(13,300)  were  on  the  North  Side  ;  three  thousand  six 
hundred  and  fifty  (3,650)  on  the  South  Side,  including 
sixteen  hundred  stores ;  and  five  hundred  on  the  West 
Side.  The  number  of  persons  rendered  homeless  was,  on 
the  West  Side,  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty 
(2,250)  ;  on  the  South  Side,  over  twenty-one  thousand 
(21,800)  ;  and  on  the  North  Side,  over  seventy-four  thou- 
sand (74,450)  ;  the  total  is  about  ninety-eight  thousand. 
Perhaps  the  most  effective  way  of  realizing  these  num- 
bers will  be  to  compare  them  by  the  census  of  1870  with 
other  cities  or  even  with  States.  The  population  of 
Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  Poughkeepsie  or  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  Savan- 
nah, Ga.,  or  Lancaster,  Pa.,  may  represent  the  21,800  of 
the  South  Side ;  the  city  of  Rochester,  Providence  or 
Milwaukee  had  not  enough  to  represent  the  houseless 


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29 


74,450  of  the  North  side,  while  Detroit  and  Albany  were 
not  much  too  populous  for  the  comparison  ;  and  for  the 
entire  number  of  98,500,  the  city  of  Pittsburgh  or 
Cleveland,  or  the  whole  State  of  Oregon  would  be 
thousands  too  small,  while  Louisville  was  but  little  too 
large.  Those  who  by  travel  or  residence  know  these 
larger  cities  may  conceive  of  them  as  entirely  desolated 
by  a  destruction  that  should  throw  all  their  inhabitants  in 
a  single  day  upon  the  open  fields  and  prairies,  for  the  most 
part  without  clothing  or  food,  and  under  the  depression 
of  the  occurrence  and  of  their  own  losses,  and  they  may 
approximate  oar  state  that  Monday  evening.  In  the  con- 
fusion and  struggle  with  the  fire,  communication  between 
the  several  parts  of  the  city  was  interrupted  or  cut  off 
so  that  those  who  escaped  out  of  the  fire  knew  not,  for 
the  most  part,  that  there  was  enough  of  the  city  left  to 
afford  a  temporary  refuge.  Only  about  500  buildings 
were  left  on  the  North  Side. 

Of  the  losses  but  few  can  be  specified  here.  Of  grain 
in  the  ^iant  elevators  there  was  lost  over  one  and  a  half 
millions  of  bushels,  and  of  flour  fifteen  thousand  barrels. 
Most  of  the  coal  piles  caught  fire,  so  that  80,000  tons, 
worth  $600,000,  of  an  article  most  essential  to  comfort 
and  even  to  life  in  our  wintry  latitude,  was  destroyed  or 
damaged  seriously.  A  million  dollars'  worth  of  lumber 
had  gone  to  smoke  and  ashes.  Two  millions  of  books  had 
gone  as  if  worthless  as  chips  and  shavings,  including  those 
in  the  great  bookstores,  in  the  public  libraries,  the  collec- 
tions of  the  Historical  Society,  and  of  the  Academy  of 
Sciences,  and  the  private  libraries,  that  of  Mr.  E.  B. 
McCagg  alone  being  worth  $40,000.  The  Court  House 
contained  all  the  county  and  city  records,  of  inestimable 
value,  and  of  which  nothing  remained.    The  Post  Office, 


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Chamber  of  Commerce  and  most  of  the  public  buildings 
of  every  sort,  except  school  houses  and  engine  houses, 
were  gone ;  fifteen  school  houses  were  burned,  and  the 
necessities  of  the  occasion  caused  all  the  rest  for  a  time 
to  be  opened  for  the  destitute  or  for  public  business. 
Three  great  Railway  Stations  were  destroyed  ;  and  the 
street  railways  in  the  burnt  district  were  spoiled.  The 
newspapers  were  all  destroyed — nine  dailies.  All  the  great 
hotels  had  gone  ;  the  places  of  amusement,  and  halls  ; 
and  a  large  number  of  churches.  Eight  bridges  were 
burned,  including  all  over  the  main  stream  of  the  Chicago 
River  to  connect  the  North  and  South  Sides,  and  all  for 
the  space  of  a  mile  that  joined  the  West  Side  to  the 
South.  For  the  part  of  the  city  that  stood  unscorched, 
the  greatest  loss  was  of  the  Water  Works,  which  had  fur- 
nished twenty  or  twenty-five  rhillions  of  gallons  daily,  so 
that  no  other  source  of  supply  was  at  hand  ;  and  on  Mon- 
day morning  there  was  a  water  famine  that  was  quite 
serious  for  a  few  days. 

The  total  amount  of  pecuniary  or  material  loss  was 
estimated  at  once  and  in  the  heat  of  the  moment  at  sums 
varying  from  one  hundred  to  five  hundred  millions  of 
dollars.  The  Auditor  of  the  State  of  Illinois  made  esti- 
mates based  upon  the  amount  of  insurance  in  the  city, 
and  upon  the  tax-valuation  of  property.  From  the  first 
of  these  sources  he  made  the  loss  to  be  ^165,000,000  ;  from 
the  second,  he  estimated  it  at  1153,000,000.  A  year  from 
the  fire  the  Chicago  Tribune  adopted  the  estimate  of  Mr. 
Elias  Colbert  in  his  Chicago  and  the  Great  Conflagration^ 
deducting  some  items  which  time  and  further  knowledge 
showed  to  be  incorrectly  included;  and  the  result,  $192,- 
000,000,  coincides  closely  with  the  hasty  estimate  of  the 
best  judges  at  the  time,  which  was,  generally,  two  hundred 


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millions  of  dollars.  But  this  was  not  the  whole  of  the 
real  loss.  The  interruption  of  business  at  a  time  when 
everything  was  lively,  the  fall  trade  not  being  closed,  and 
just  before  the  coming  of  winter,  would  have  been  counted 


Ruins  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Name. 

[Roman  Catholic] 

an  immense  loss,  had  it  cost  not  the  destruction  of  a 
dollar's  worth  of  tangible  property  or  a  single  life.  The 
losses  that  cannot  be  estimated  in  money  were  great ;  as 
of  scientific  collections,  works  of  art,  rarities,  unique 
articles,  the  stores  of  the  Historical  Society,  and  the  city 
and  county  records.  The  value  of  a  library  to  a  man  who 
is  using  it  daily  in  his  professional  or  literary  work,  is 
vastly  greater  than  its  value   under   the  auctioneer's 


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hammer  or  on  the  schedules  of  insurance  and  taxes.  It  is 
estimated  that  forty  thousand  people  left  the  city  at  once  ; 
about  five  thousand  were  taken  gratuitously  by  the  rail- 
road companies.  The  immediate  loss  of  life  was  probably 
over  two  hundred,  but  less  than  three  hundred ;  but  how 
many  lives  were  shortened  by  ^he  labors,  exposures  and 
anxieties  of  the  time  none  can  guess ;  even  yet  people  are 
failing  from  activity  and  from  life  itself  because  of  them. 

The  great  fire  in  Chicago  burnt  its  way  into  the  pages 
of  history  as  an  event  passing  local  and  temporary  im- 
portance, and  its  traces  will  never  be  expunged.  It 
surpassed  similar  calamities  which  the  world  had  expe- 
rienced. With  it  may  be  compared  the  fire  at  Rome  in 
Nero's  time;  the  burning  of  Moscow  in  1812  to  oust 
Napoleon :  and  more  like  it,  the  great  fire  of  London  in 
1666.  But  taking  into  vie\A^  the  speed  of  the  fire,  the 
area  burnt  over,  the  value  destroyed,  the  suddenness  of 
the  calamity,  and  the  stage  of  civilization  of  the  people, 
furnished  with  means  the  best  that  American  ingenuity 
could  devise  to  encounter  and  vanquish  this  particular 
foe,  it  must  be  considered  the  most  notable  fire  the  world 
has  ever  known.  It  startled  thoughtful  minds  everywhere 
by  suggesting  new  possibilities  of  destruction.  It  demon- 
strated the  fallacy  of  approved  theories  of  insurance 
and  fire-police,  and  caused  grave  apprehensions  among 
capitalists.  Followed  so  soon  by  the  Boston  fire,  it  has 
shown  the  insecurity  of  all  great  cities,  and  the  peril  of 
all  ordinary  buildings.  The  utter  annihilation  of  so  great 
an  amount  of  productive  capital  in  a  single  day  inevitably 
disturbed  the  fancied  safety  of  dwellers  in  "marble 
fronts  ;  "  and  the  owners  of  imaginary  "fire-proof  blocks  " 
and  "  incombustible  safes  "  lost  their  faith  in  architectural 
skill  and  ingenious  devices. 


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Yet,  though  the  skill  and  power  of  scores  of  writers 
have  been  vainly  tasked  to  tell  the  tale  of  the  destruction, 
and  to  depict  the  grandeur  of  the  action  of  the  physical 
forces  whose  fateful  drama  was  enacted  so  fearfully,  far 
grander  and  Avorthier  of  the  best  words  of  the  poet  and 
the  historian  was  the  scene  of  the  next  month  throughout 
the  civilized  world,  the  great  moral  uprising  of  all  hearts 
to  pity  and  the  outstretching  of  all  hands  to  help.  The 
simple  recital  of  a  few  facts  by  the  telegraph  all  over  the 
continent  and  under  the  ocean  to  the  fatherlands  of  all 
Americans,  moved  such  an  outpouring  of  sympathy  and 
practical  charity  and  liberal  benefaction  as  must  always 
stir  the  hearts  of  all  who  witnessed  or  shared  in  the  giv- 
ing or  the  receiving.  It  is  a  high- water  mark  of  a  spring- 
tide of  the  noble  impulses  of  humanity,  and  a  proof  of 
the  advance  of  the  race  through  centuries  of  enlighten- 
ment toward  the  golden  age.  It  is  reported  that  Henry 
Ward  Beecher  said  in  a  hyperbole  of  optimism  :  We 
could  not  do  without  the  Chicago  fire."  Standing  in  front 
of  the  SBjoking  ruins  of  his  beautiful  church,  on  the  Sun- 
day after  the  fire,  Robert  Collyer,  speaking  out  of  his 
over-full  heart  to  the  remnant  of  his  people  that  could 
gather  to  hear  him,  said  that  the  time  might  come  Avhen 
they  should  see  that  it  was  compensation  for  all  this  bitter 
experience  to  know  the  wealth  of  the  human  heart,  and 
its  possibilities  in  generosity  and  sympathy.  Time  soon 
dulls  the  smart  of  disaster;  but  the  noble  heart  pays  the 
tribute  of  increasing  honor  to  every  generous  deed.  The 
waves  of  disaster  and  distress  had  rushed  on  as  a  flood ; 
the  enthusiasm  of  humanity"  rose  in  ample  tide  to  meet 
them. 

Writing  only  to  give  a  brief  account  of  the  Great  Fire 
and  attendant  facts  as  an  introduction  to  the  Report  of 
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the  special  relief  by  one  organization,  it  is  not  our  priv- 
ilege to  dwell  upon  the  general  relief,  nor  to  tell  how  all 
people  everywhere  sought  to  relieve  and  cheer  the  unfor- 
tunates of  Chicago.  No  exhortation  was  needed:  the 
story  pleaded  most  eloquently.  Men,  women  and  children 
vied  with  each  other  in  efforts  to  send  help,  and  to  do  it 


Chamber  of  Commerce — Before  the  Fire. 


promptly.  Special  trains  ran  from  St.  Louis,  Cincinnati 
and  Louisville  with  food  and  clothing  and  stores  of  neces- 
saries. The  surrounding  towns  and  villages  of  Illinois, 
Wisconsin,  Michigan  and  Indiana  and  even  of  remoter 
States,  sent  cooked  provisions  until  they  were  no  longer 
needed. 

The  general  business  of  relief  was  almost  immediately 
transferred  to  the  Chicago  Relief  and  Aid  Societ}^,  an 


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organization  already  existing  for  some  years,  which  had 
experience  in  relieving  the  needs  of  ordinary  times;  it 
was  fittest  to  extend  its  organization  and  plans  to  meet 
the  new  emergency.  It  was  composed  of  citizens  of  the 
highest  standing  in  the  confidence  of  their  fellows,  and 
performed  its  difficult  work  with  only  those  defects  which 


Ruins  ok  thi-:  Chamber  of  Commercf. 


were  and  always  are  unavoidable  in  the  nature  of  the  case. 

The  total  amount  sent  as  relief  to  Chicago  at  that  time 
is  estimated  at  seven  millions  of  dollars  ($7,000,000),  of 
which  the  Relief  and  Aid  Society  received  all  but  about 
one  million,  which  is  the  estimated  amount  of  what  was 
given  out  by  donors  in  person  or  by  their  own  agents,  and 
by  ^various  organizations.    The  people  of  Cincinnati  sent  a 


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committee  of  their  own  to  disburse  and  expend  their 
$111,413  of  private  contributions.  St.  Loais  did  in  like 
manner.  From  Louisville,  $171,000  was  distributed  out- 
side the  work  of  the  Relief  and  Aid  Society. 

Of  organizations  for  relief,  the  I.  O.  O.  F.  was  first  on 
its  feet  and  at  work,  having  a  store-room  open  and  issue 
of  articles  going  on  in  the  afternoon  of  Wednesday,  about 
fifty  hours  after  the  fire  ceased  to  spread  on  the  South 
Side.  Beside  the  religious  organizations,  all  of  which 
stirred  at  once  to  the  activity  proper  for  their  high  pro- 
fession, of  which  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 
the  Ladies'  Christian  Union  and  the  Chicago  Christian 
Union  are  instances,  the  fraternal  orders  and  benevolent 
societies  all  took  up  the  work  speedily.  The  Masonic 
Order  received  and  disbursed  190,000 ;  the  Knights  Tem- 
plars, about  $21,000 ;  the  Knights  of  Pythias  received 
about  111,000.  Of  other  associations  we  should  record 
the  American  Protestant  Association,  the  Sons  of  Tem- 
perance, the  B'nai  B'rith,  the  French  societies  (which 
distributed  contributions  from  France  of  large  amount), 
the  German  Aid  Society*  and  German  Society,  the  United 
Hebrew  Relief  Association,  the  St.  Andrew's  Society,  the 
St.  George's  Society,  the  Dominion  Benevolent  Society, 
and  the  Scandinavian  Relief  Society.  The  Good  Samari- 
tan Society  was  a  ladies'  society  of  no  slight  value.  There 
were  also  what  we  may  call  class  contributions ;  thus  the 
police  of  various  cities  contributed  for  Chicago  policemen 
over  $10,000 ;  about  $11,000  came  from  firemen  for  fire- 

*It  was  estimated  by  this  Society  that  50,000  Germans  were  made  home- 
less. This  may  seem  disproportioned  to  the  population  of  the  city  and  the 
total  number  of  homeless  ;  but  the  North  Side,  where  the  greatest  desolation 
occurred,  was  specially  the  region  where  Germans  and  Scandinavians  had 
made  their  homes. 


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men  ;  there  was  a  physicians'  fund,  a  newspaper  fund  of 
$5,000  from  Robert  Bonner,  a  Rhode  Island  fund,  a  jewel- 
ers', a  druggists',  a  photographers',  and  a  shoemakers' 
fund.  An  artists'  fund  of  840,000  was  created  by  the  sale 
of  pictures  given  by  French  and  German  artists,  sold  in 
New  York. 

Many  inhabitants  of  Chicago  obtained  from  their  friends 
abroad,  considerable  quantities  of  articles  for  distribution 


"Chicago  Tribune"  Building  —  Before  the  Fire. 

and  of  money,  which  could  be  more  wisely  bestowed  than 
the  general  relief ;  for  while  the  latter  was  given  in  pro- 
portion to  needs  only,  the  private  and  society  relief  could 
be  given  to  those  who  were  able  to  do  considerable  for 
themselves,  but  who  were  generally  not  helped  from  the 
general  relief.    Many  who  could  earn  something  still 


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needed  help  more  than  the  helpless,  shiftless,  inefficient 
pauper  class  who  were  really  better  off  than  usual.  This 
better  class  got  help  only  from  the  society,  class  and 
private  contributions. 

But  greatest  of  all  the  help  was  the  self-help  of  the 
brave  and  patient  men  and  women  who  asked  and  received 
as  little  as  possible,  and  helped  themselves  as  quickly  and 
as  much  as  possible.  All  the  pride,  energy  and  ingenuity 
of  the  people  was  called  into  instant  and  constant  activity^ 
and  wrought  wonders.  The  Great  Recovery  is  as  notable 
as  the  Great  Destruction.  It  is  not  ours  to  write  of  it; 
but  when  the  Chicago  Relief  is  named  and  told  over,  let 
it  not  be  forgotten  that  it  was  not  bestowed  on  a  mob  of 
pauperized  and  broken  down  people,  made  by  disaster 
spiritless,  impotent  and  contemptible  ;  but  upon  hopeful, 
active,  self-helping  men  and  \Vomen. 

LOSSES  OF  THE  I.  O.  O.  F. 

At  the  time  of  the  fire  there  were  twenty  Lodges  of  the 
I.  O.  O.  F.  in  Chicago,  twelve  of  which  worked  in  the 
German  language.  The  total  membership  was,  on  the 
first  of  July,  2,019,  showing  an  average  membership  of 
one  hundred  and  one ;  one  of  the  Lodges,  Union,  No.  9, 
the  oldest  of  all,  had  two  hundred  and  eighteen  members. 
There  were  six  Encampments,  with  membership  of  three 
hundred  and  seventy-seven ;  four  of  these  bodies  worked 
in  German.  There  were  also  several  Rebekah  Degree 
Lodges. 

The  following  Lodges  and  Encampments  were  burned 
out  : 

Union  Lodge,  No.  9,    -       -       -        218  members. 
Duane  Lodge,  No.  11,      -       -       -  180 
Excelsior  Lodge,  No.  22,     -       -  140 


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Chicago  Lodge,  No.  55,    -       -       -  74  membars. 

Robert  Blum  Lodge,  (G.),  No.  58,   -  176 

North  Chicago  Lodge,  (G.),  No.  330,  70 

Garden  City  Lodge,  (G.),  No.  389,  -  105 

Home  Lodge,  No.  416,     -       -       -  78  " 

Lincoln  Park  Lodge,  (G.),  No.  437,  25 

Chicago  Encampment,  No.  10,     -  87 

Germania  Enc't,  (G.),  No.  40,  -  117 
Evergreen  Rebekah  Degree  Lodge,  No.  24. 

The  membership  of  these  Lodges  was  994,  or  just  about 
one-half  the  total  membership  in  the  city.  Nothing  was 
saved  from  the  ruin  except  a  part  of  the  record  and  work- 
ing books  of  Excelsior,  No.  22.  Some  of  these  bodies 
had  fine  regalia  and  elegant  halls ;  the  hall  of  the  Excel- 
sior was  particularly  notable  for  its  fitting  up,  and  was 
situated  on  the  corner  of  Court  House  Square,  thus  in  the 
most  central  position.  Chicago  Encampment  used  the 
same  hall. 

It  was  estimated  immediately  that  about  one-half  of  the 
membergf  of  the  Order  in  the  city  were  burned  out  of  house 
and  home ;  and  of  those  who  were  fortunate  enough  to 
find  their  roofs  unscorched,  the  large  majority  found  their 
business  interrupted  or  crippled,  or  swept  away. 

Take  for  illustration  the  condition  of  Past  Grand 
officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge  and  Grand  Encampment  of 
Illinois  living  in  Chicago.  J.  Ward  ElHs,  P.  G.  M., 
P.  G.  R.,  escaped  from  rooms  in  the  burnt  district, 
losing  everything  but  what  he  had  on  him  and  in  his 
hands ;  his  dentist's  office,  stock  and  tools  were  lost ;  he 
had  an  interest  in  the  contract  for  printing  of  the  Journal 
of  the  G.  L.  U.  S.,  the  means  for  doing  which  were  swept 
away;  the  type  was  alread}^  set  for  the  whole  work, 
and  was  being  published  by  The  Lakeside  Publishing  and 


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Printing  Company,  whose  new  building,  erected  on  the 
former  site,  surpasses  the  old  one  in  elegance  and  con- 
venience, and  the  interior  arrangements,  completed  under 
the  personal  supervision  of  R.  R.  Donnelley,  will  render 
this  by  far  the  finest  Publishing  and  Printing  House 
in  Chicago  or  the  west,  a  nucleus  of  a  western  Harpers'. 
Hon.  John  G.  Rogers,  P.  G.  M.  and  P.  G.  R.,  Judge  of 
the  Circuit  Court,  lost  his  law  library  and  everything  else 
in  his  office,  including  his  valuable  papers  in  his  safe ;  his 
home  and  his  principal  property  interests  were  out  of  the 
fire.  John  P.  Foss,  P.  G.  R.,  lost  part  of  his  lumber 
yard  in  Saturday  night's  fire,  and  the  rest  the  next  night, 
losing  at  once  his  productive  capital  and  his  business. 
Albert  G.  Lull,  P.  G.  R.,  lost  his  planing  mill  and  stock  in 
the  first  fire.  Daniel  L.  Shorey,  P.  G.  R.,  lost  a  large  part 
of  his  law  library,  but  was  foi'tunate  in  having  gone  with 
his  carriage  to  see  the  fire  before  his  own  office  was 
endangered,  and  thus  saved  much.  Nicholas  P.  Iglehart, 
P.  G.  P.,  P.  G.  R.,  lost  his  real-estate  office  with  its  con- 
tents, and  suifered  in  the  loss  of  houses.  The  same  is  true 
of  Allen  C.  Lewis,  P.  G.  P.,  P.  G.  R.,  who  was  away  from 
the  city  at  the  time.  Charles  Perkins,  P.  G.  P.,  P.G.  R., 
lost  no  capital,  but  was  tlirown  out  of  business.  Richard 
H.  Jordan,  P.  D.  G.  M.,  lost  his  insurance  office  and  l)us- 
iness.  Wm.  W.  Winter,  P.  D.  G.  M.,  lost  his  doctor's 
office,  instruments  and  library.  Samuel  Willard,  P.  G.  R., 
lost  nothing  except  by  the  interruption  of  his  business 
for  a  while  as  teacher  in  the  High  School.  Edward  A. 
Rucker,  P.  G.  R.,  a  lawyer  by  profession,  lived  in  a  block 
of  buildings  near  the  Post  Office,  and  was  then  a  hopeless 
invalid,  almost  dying,  it  seemed,  of  cancer.  So  long  as  he 
had  been  able  to  work,  he  had  been  engaged  upon  a 
Digest  of  the  Laws  of  the  Order  for  Illinois.    From  this 


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whirlpool  of  fire  he  was  rescued  by  the  exertions  of  his 
sister  and  niece  and  of  a  humane  expressman  who  refused 
to  accept  any  compensation  ;  but  all  he  had  except  his 


Chicago  Water  Works. 


Odd  Fellow's  Library,  remembered  even  in  the  last 
moment,  was  consumed. 

This  paragraph  has  named  every  Past  Grand  Master, 


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Past  Grand  Patriarch,  Past  D.  G.  Master  and  Past  Grand 
Representative  of  Illinois  resident,  in  Chicago  and  in 
membership  at  the  time.  If  their  fortunes  may  be  taken 
as  a  sample  of  what  befel  others,  few  of  the  two  thousand 
members  escaped  unharmed.  It  is  shown  above  that  the 
losses  fell  heavily  upon  the  citizens  of  German  origin;  and 
of  the  membership  in  the  city,  1,128  out  of  the  2,019  were 
members  of  the  German  Lodges;  and  Germans  made  a 
considerable  share  of  the  other  Lodges.  The  Order  is 
made  up,  too,  to  a  great  degree  of  workingmen ;  or  of  those 
who,  in  a  comfortable  grade  of  life,  are  yet  dependent 
upon  their  daily  business  for  mraintenance  or  even  for 
subsistence.  But  such  were  also  the  very  men  to  meet 
disaster,  loss  and  privation,  with  courage,  hope,  cheerful- 
ness and  power  of  self-recovery. 

THE  APPEAL  AND  THE  RESPONSE. 

The  first  appeal  to  the  Order  for  help  w^as  made  on  the 
morning  of  Tuesday,  Oct.  10th,  by  E.  B.  Sherman,  P.  G. 
On  Monday  evening  he  got  out  of  the  city  to  Elgin, 
the  first  large  town  west  of  Chicago,  and  sent  the 
following  telegram,  which  went  on  Tuesday  morning : 

Elgin,  III.,  Oct.  loth,  1870. 
James  L.  Ridgely,  Grand  Sec'y  G.  L.  U.  S.,  I.  O.  O.  F., 

Philadelphia  Pa.  : 

Chicago  IS  wiped  out.  One  thousand  Odd  Fellows  and  their  wives  and 
little  ones  are  homeless  and  penniless.  We  must  have  immediate  relief. 
For  God's  sake  appeal  to  the  Order.  Nothing  left  for  us  but  woes  and  deso- 
lation, unless  God  inspires  his  children  to  send  relief.  Have  not  seen  Ellis  ; 
but  hope  he  is  all  right.  Hundreds,  at  least,  have  perished  ;  I  hope  none  of 
us  whom  you  know  ;  but  God  only  knows.  ^   jg  SHERMAN 


By  a  singular  but  fortunate  mistake,  this  was,  as  shown 
above,  misdirected  to  Philadelphia,  instead  of  being  sent 


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to  Baltimore ;  it  thus  was  sent  by  the  office  at  Phila- 
delphia to  the  Grand  Secretary  of  that  jurisdiction, 
James  B.  Nicholson,  P.  G.  Sire,  who  sent  a  copy  of  it  on  to 
Bro.  Ridgely,  Grand  Secretary.  The  appeal  thus  reached 
the  great  jurisdiction  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  same  time 
that  it  went  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States. 

At  the  same  time  a  similar  dispatch  went  westward  to 
a  Grand  Representative  of  California,  the  members  of 
which  jurisdiction  had  shown  their  liberality  in  the  matter 
of  the  extension  of  the  Order  into  Europe,  and  would 
much  more  meet  with  generosity  this  cry  of  suffering  and 
need. 

To  John  B.  Harmon, 

San  Francisco  : 

One  thousand  Odd  Fellows  and  their  wives  and  children  are  homeless. 
For  God's  sake  appeal  to  the  brothers  to  help  us.  Nothing  left  us  but  deso- 
lation, woe  and  want.  Chicago  is  wiped  out.  Imagination  cannot  conceive 
one-half  the  truth.  ^   ^  SHERMAN. 

By  these  two  telegrams  the  fraternity  on  the  Atlantic 
and  the  t*acific  were  told  our  needs,  and  began  their 
efforts  for  relief.  Everywhere  at  once,  and  with  the 
utmost  activity,  the  eager  work  went  on.  Where  Grand 
Lodges  were  in  Session,  or  were  easily  summoned,  they 
acted  with  promptness ;  in  the  other  cases  the  Grand 
Masters  and  other  Grand  Officers  exercised  their  discre- 
tionary powers  with  no  delay.  So  far  as  their  circulars 
and  journals  have  reached  us,  we  shall  sketch  their  action, 
referring  for  the  detail  of  contributions  to  the  tables  in 
the  Appendix. 

Illinois. — The  regular  annual  session  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  was  to  begin  at  Ottawa,  eighty-four  miles  distant. 
Few  of  the  Representatives  of  the  twenty  Lodges  of 


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Chicago  were  there  to  tell  the  story  of  their  calamity,  but 
their  absence  was  more  conspicuous  than  their  presence 
could  have  been.  The  aged  Grand  Chaplain,  Rev.  Bro. 
Edwards,  in  the  fulfillment  of  his  function,  with  trembling 
voice  uttered  the  pitying  wishes  of  all  hearts  for  the  pros- 
trate city.  A  special  committee  on  the  Chicago  calamity 
was  soon  appointed,  consisting  of  D.  W.  Jacoby,  P. 
G.  P.,  George  W.Woodward,  P.  G.  M.,  and  Louis 
Furst,  G.  R.  The  members  arriving  from  Chicago  were 
J.  Ward  Ellis,  P.  G.  M.,  G.  R. ;  John  H.  Young,  of 
Excelsior,  No.  22 ;  E.  B.  Sherman,  of  Fort  Dearborn, 
No.  214;  A.  T.  Sherman,  of  Rainbow,  No.  400,  and 
Wm.  W.  Winter,  P.  D.  G.  M.  of  Ellis,  No.  447.  These 
did  not  arrive  till  afternoon,  and  as  soon  as  Bro.  A.  T. 
Sherman  entered  the  hall,  he  was  called  upon  to  give  an 
account  of  the  conflagratioii,  which  was  received  with 
tearful  eyes  and  breathless  attention.  A  contemplated 
public  procession  was  given  up.  Telegrams  from  various 
points  came  in,  of  which  the  following  appear  upon  the 
Journal  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  The  first  came 
in  just  after  noon  on  Tuesday : 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  Oct.  lo,  1871. 

To  Thos  B.  Needles,  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  I,  O.  O.  F.  : 

The  meeting  of  our  Order  here  has  just  been  held,  and  the  various  Lodges 
and  Encampments  in  this  city  have  been  immediately  called  together,  to  aid 
the  suffering  in  Chicago  in  their  great  distress. 

Ira  H.  Bird, 
Grand  Master  I.  O.  O.  F.  of  Ohio. 

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  9,  1871. 

To  N.  C.  Nason,  G.  Sec.  : 

Teoronto  Lodge,  No.  8,  LO.O.  F.,  has  placed  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  to  the  credit  of  the  Grand  Master  of  Illinois,  for  the  benefit  of  the 
suffering  Odd  Fellows.    Send  his  name  and  address  immediately  to 

Frank  Skinner,  P.  S. 


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New  York,  Oct.  ii,  1871. 

To  Dr.  J.  O.  Harris. 

We  telegraphed  Grand  Master  Needles  yesterday  Ottawa.  No  response  yet. 

W.  H.  Barnes. 


Philadelphia,  Oct.  11,  1871. 

To  N.  C.  Nason,  G.  Sec.  I.  O.  O.  F. 

Special  meeting  of  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania  this  evening.  How  had 
relief  for  Chicago  best  be  sent?  Answer,  with  all  the  information  about  the 
Order  that  vou  have. 


Jas.  B.  Nicholson. 


Nashua,  N.  H.,  Oct.  11,  1871. 

To  THE  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 

Extend  to  the  brothers  in  Chicago  our  sympathy  in  their  deep  distress. 
Draw  on  our  Grand  Secretary,  Joel  Taylor',  at  Manchester,  for  four  hundred 
dollars  for  the  aid  of  brothers  who  have  suffered  by  the  late  fire. 

O.  P.  Smart,  Grand  Master. 

Joel  Taylor,  Grand  Secretary. 


Havana,  III.,  Oct.  11,  1871. 

To  N.  C.  Nason,  G.  Sec.  1.0.  O.F. 

Mason  Lodge,  No.  143,  wishes  to  aid  Chicago.  Can  she  do  it?  Is  our 
case  disposed  of?  j^^^  ^^^^^ 

# 

Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  Oct.  12,  1871. 

To  T.  B.  Needles,  Grand  Master, 

The  Odd  Fellows  of  this  city  will  donate  five  hundred  dollars  in  money 
and  other  supplies  for  relief  of  our  biothers  in  Chicago.  Advise  us  how  best 
to  dispose  of  these  means.  j   ^^^^^  Committee. 


Greenville,  III.,  Oct.  10,  1871. 

To  Hon.  J.  F.  Alexander. 

Subscribe  fifty  dollars  for  the  relief  of  Odd  Fellows  in  Chicago,  Draw  on 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Greenville, 

J.  T.  FouKE,  Secretary. 
Decatur,  III.,  Oct.  11,  1871. 

To  J.  W,  Bear  and  Jos,  Mills, 

Decatur  and  Celestial  Lodges  each  vote  tv.  o  hundred  dollars,  subject  to 
order  of  Grand  Lodge,  for  relief  of  Chicago  brothers.    Resolutions  by  mail, 

H.  H.  &  N.  Edwards. 


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To  R.  E.  Heacock.  Henry.. III.,  Oct.  ii,  1871. 

Anything  done  for  Chicago  brethren  ?  Marshall  Lodge,  No.  63,  is  ready 
to  help.    Answer  quick.  j         ^^^^^^  Secretary. 

Many  other  telegrams  were  received,  at  various  times 
during  the  session,  but  the  manuscripts  did  not  remain  in 
possession  of  the  Grand  Secretary ;  on  Wednesday  and 
Thursday  they  came  in  very  frequently ;  and  for  immedi- 
ate information,  on  Thursday  morning.  Grand  Treasurer 
A.  S.  Barry,  P.G.  M.,  presented  the  following,  which  was 
ordered  to  be  sent  as  an  Associated  Press  dispatch : 

Ottawa,  III.,  Oct.  12,  1871. 
The  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  in  Grand  Lodge  assembled, 
returns  its  most  cordial  thanks  to  the  brotherhood  of  the  Order  throughout 
the  United  States  and  the  British  Provinces,  for  their  expressions  of  sympathy 
and  liberal  tenders  of  material  aid  to  our  brothers  of  Chicago  in  their  great 
calamity.    Send  all  aid  to 

J.  Ward  Ellis, 
Chairman  Odd  Fellows'  Relief  Com.,  Chicago,  111. 

Wednesday  morning  the  special  committee  presented  a 
report,  which  was  at  once  incorporated  into  the  following 
circular,  and  sent  out  that  night  by  mail : 


HALL  OF  THE  GRAND  LODGE  OF  ILLINOIS, 

Ottawa,  III.,  Oct.  11,  1871. 
To  the  Office?'s  and  Brothers  of  the  several  Lodges  of  Illinois, 
Greeting  : 

A  committee,  consisting  of  D.  \V.  Jacoby,  M.  W.  G.  P.,  G.  W.  Woodward, 
P.  G.  M.,  and  Louis  Furst,  G.  R.,  having  been  appointed  to  consider  and 
recommend  to  the  Grand  Lodge  what  action  should  be  taken  to  relieve  the 
distress  of  brothers  and  their  families  in  Chicago,  submitted  the  following 
report,  which  was  adopted  unanimously  by  a  rising  vote,  and  with  great 
enthusiasm  : 

To  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Illinois  : 

Your  committee,  to  whom  was  referred  the  matter  of  the  terrible  and 
devastating  calamity  by  which  the  city  of  Chicago  has  been  almost  annihil- 
ated, and,  thereby,  a  large  portion  of  our  brothers  in  that  city  have  been 


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reduced  to  utter  penury,  and  with  their  wives  and  children  are  homeless  —  a 
heart-rending  calamity,  perhaps  unparalleled  in  magnitude  in  history  — 
would  respectfully  beg  leave  to  recommend  the  adoption  of  the  following 
preamble  and  resolutions : 

Whereas,  Our  Order  is  an  organization  "  for  the  relief  of  the  distressed," 
and  now,  if  ever,  is  the  time  to  make  that  claim  good,  and  a  terrible  crisis 
demands  extraordinary  measures  ;  and 

Whereas,  There  are  at  least  one  thousand  Odd  Fellows  and  their  families 
in  Chicago  in  absolute  destitution,  and  nine-tenths  of  the  remainder  are 
without  resources  and  employment,  and  unable  to  assist  their  Brothers  or 
support  their  own  families  during  the  coming  winter  ;  therefore. 

Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  appropriate  the  sum  of  two  thousand 
dollars,  to  relieve,  in  part,  the  immediate  necessities  of  our  suffering  Brothers. 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Secretary  be  instructed  to  send  immediately  to 
each  Lodge  in  this  jurisdiction  a  circular  requesting  a  contribution  in  money, 
food,  or  clothing,  to  the  extent  of  its  ability,  and  to  the  amount  of  at  least 
one  dollar  per  member,  and  that  each  member  and  representative  of  this 
Grand  Body  be  appointed  a  special  committee  to  carry  this  resolution  into 
effect  in  the  full  spirit  of  Odd  Fellowship, 

Resolved,  That  J.  Ward  Ellis,  P.  G.  M.,  G.  R.  ;  Hon.  John  J.  Rogers, 
P.  G.  M.,  P.  G.  R.,  and  E.  B.  Sherman.  P.  G.,  all  of  Chicago,  be  appointed 
a  Committee  by  this  Grand  Lodge  to  confer  with  the  M.  W.  Grand  Sire  and 
R.  W.  Grand  Secretar}-  of  the  G.  L.  U.  S.,  and  the  Grand  Officers  of  other 
jurisdictions  throughout  the  United  Slates  and  the  British  Provinces,  to  solicit 
aid  from  the  entire  membership  of  the  Order. 

Resolved,  That  the  same  committee  be  authorized  and  empowered  by  this 
Grand  Lod|j(2  to  receive  and  dispense  all  contributions  which  may  be  received 
as  they  may  deem  advisable,  with  power  to  add  to  their  number  for  that 

G.  \V.  Woodward, 
Louis  Furst, 

Committee. 

Brothers,  nothing  need  be  added  to  these  resolutions.  The  Odd  Fellows 
of  Illinois  will  respond  as  becomes  the  members  of  our  glorious  Order. 
The  committee  are  tried  and  true  men,  and  they  will  do  all  within  human 
power  in  the  premises. 

Please  report  at  once  to  the  committee  what  you  can  contribute  in  money, 
provisions,  or  clothing,  and  hold  the  same  subject  to  the  order  of  the  com- 
mittee. Let  us  resolve  that  no  Odd  Fellow  shall  suffer  for  food,  fuel,  or 
clothing,  during  the  coming  winter,  while  the  Odd  Fellows  have  a  loaf  of  bread 
or  a  dollar  to  divide. 

Address  J.  Ward  Ellis,  or  E.  B.  Sherman,  No.  214  Sangamon  Street,  until 
further  notice. 

T.  B.  Needles,  >L  W.  G.  M. 

N.  C.  Nason,  R.  W.  G.  Secretar}-. 


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Many  of  the  Representatives  went  to  Chicago  from  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  went  home  stirred  to  greater  efforts  by 
what  their  own  eyes  had  seen.  The  new  Grand  Master, 
Gen.  John  C.  Smith,  who  had  been  in  the  city  at  the  time 
of  the  fire,  and  Grand  Treasurer  Barry,  came  up  and  aided 
with  personal  advice  and  encouragement. 

In  Chicago,  meanwhile,  on  Wednesday  morning,  Oct. 
11th,  the  first  meeting  of  the  Odd  Fellows  of  the  city  was 
assembled  at  the  most  central  point,  the  hall  of  Ft.  Dear- 
born Lodge,  No.  214.  Confident  of  early  aid,  and  in  any 
event  sure  of  the  need  of  organization  for  mutual  assist- 
ance, they  prepared  for  both  by  appointing  a  general  relief 
committee  of  one  member  from  each  Lodge  in  the  city,  to 
act  independently  or  co-operate  with  those  who  might  be 
appointed  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  Bro.  Wm.  H. 
Crocker,  P.  G.,  was  Chairman  of  the  committee.  Judge 
Rogers,  presiding,  introduced  to  the  meeting,  when  they 
came  in  soon  after  the  organization,  Bros.  Victor  Burnham 
and  S.  H.  Pye,  of  Cincinnati,  the  bearers  of  the  first  relief 
arriving  for  the  1.  O.  O.  F.  They  were  received  with 
tears  of  joy  and  gratitude,  a  deep  emotion  pervading  the 
assembly  as  they  became  aware  of  the  prompt  and  ener- 
getic generosity  of  the  brothers  of  Cincinnati. 

While  the  fire  was  yet  burning  on  Monday  afternoon, 
an  extemporaneous  mass  meeting  of  the  Order  had  been 
held  at  4  P.  M.,  in  Cincinnati,  over  which  Bro.  Ira  H. 
Bird,  Grand  Master,  presided;  and  without  waiting  for 
action  of  Lodges,  the  sum  of  $1,250  was  raised  on  the 
spot:  "a  purchasing  committee  was  appointed,  consisting 
of  Bros.  J.  W.  Foote,  C.  J.  W.  Smith,  and  Thos.  McLean, 
who,  with  the  help  of  Bros.  Harry  Rose,  A.  Pittinger, 
Benj.  Stanley,  and  John  E.  Bell,  bought  and  loaded  into  a 
car  4,228  lbs.  crackers,  3,961  lbs.  cheese,  1,470  lbs.  bologna 


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sausage,  260  lbs.  breakfast  bacon,  64  lbs.  sugar-cured  hams, 
90  lbs.  ground  coffee,  419  lbs.  butter,  2  boxes  bread,  and 
a  lot  of  miscellaneous  goods ;  and  at  10  o'clock  that  same 
Monday  evening  this  car  load  was  on  its  way  to  the  deso- 
late city."  It  arrived  at  Chicago  Tuesday  evening,  5:30. 
Bros.  Pye  and  Burnham  soon  found  Bro.  Rogers,  who 
called  in  the  aid  of  brothers  near  by  and  arranged  for 
immediate  use  of  a  portion  of  their  load,  which  was  sent 
to  the  burnt  district  at  seven  o'clock  next  morning  ;  by 
eleven  A.  M.  of  Wednesday,  the  remainder  was  stored 
in  a  basement  near  Ft.  Dearborn  Hall,  and  in  the  afternoon 
of  that  day,  under  the  care  of  the  committee  just  organ- 
ized, the  distribution  was  going  on.  Before  sunset  over 
one  hundred  families  had  already  had  food  and  clothing 
from  that  depot. 

We  should  not  forget  to  say  that  at  this  first  meeting 
appeared  Thos.  Underwood,  P.  G.  M.,  P.  G.  R.,  of 
Indiana,  with  cheery  face,  encouraging  words,  and 
promises  of  help  from  our  nearest  eastern  neighbor,  which 
were  dulj^ fulfilled. 

Upon  the  return  of  Bros.  Ellis  and  E.  B.  Sherman  from 
the  Grand  Lodge,  the  Relief  Committee  organized  by 
making  J.  Ward  Ellis,  Chairman,  John  G.  Rogers, 
Treasurer,  and  E.  B.  Sherman,  Secretary.  For  a  while 
their  headquarters  were  in  the  parlor  of  Ft.  Dearborn 
Lodge,  and  their  storehouse  was  the  basement  first 
obtained  on  Madison  street,  near  Halsted ;  but  in  a  short 
time  the  large,  unfinished  audience-room  of  the  Fifth 
Baptist  Church,  at  the  corner  of  Harrison  and  Sangamon 
^streets,  was  obtained  ;  an  office  was  enclosed  on  one  side  ; 
counters  and  shelves  and  all  the  necessary  conveniences 
of  a  storehouse  were  set  up,  and  preparations  were  made 

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for  systematic  reception  and  distribution  of  supplies 
throughout  the  fast-coming  winter. 

Leaving,  for  the  present,  the  operations  of  the  com- 
mittee and  their  work,  we  return  to  the  subject  of  the 
help  that  came  in  from  many  sources. 

Ohio. — How  quickly  and  effectively  the  Odd  Fellows 
of  Cincinnati  acted  is  told  above ;  and  it  will  never  be 
forgotten  that  their  assistance  was  the  first  that  reached 
our  city.-  Their  hasty  organization  was  enlarged  and 
made  permanent,  with  Bro.  John  E.  Bell  as  Chairman ; 
and  through  the  winter  they  aided  us  with  money  and 
supplies  carefully  selected  and  economically  purchased  — 
many  dealers  sold  them  their  goods  for  this  use  at  first  cost. 

The  Grand  Master,  Bro.  Ira  H.  Bird,  and  the  Grand 
Patriarch,  Bro.  C.  H.  Russell,  issued  proclamations  to 
their  respective  branches  of  the  Order,  appealing  for  aid 
in  liberal  measure,  and  in  early  time,  which  Avere  responded 
•to  with  hearty  good  will;  indeed  the  contributions  from 
Ohio  flowed  in  in  advance  of  these  calls,  the  fact  of  our 
destitution  being  sufficient  appeal. 

Pennsylvania. — We  said  above  that  by  a  singular  but 
fortunate  mistake  the  telegram  of  Bro.  E.  B.  Sherman 
was  misdirected,  and  reached  Bro.  Nicholson,  Grand 
Secretary  of  Pennsylvania,  on  its  Avay  to  Baltimore.  A 
session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  was  held  on  the  evening  of 
the  11th,  and  its  plan  of  operations  was  determined  upon. 
On  the  12th,  Bro.  Alfred  Slack,  Grand  Master,  issued  a 
circular  setting  forth  briefly  but  pointedly  the  facts,  and 
embodying  the  telegram  and  the  resolutions  of  the  Grand 
Lodge.  On  the  same  day  the  Grand  Scribe  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  Bro.  Nicholson,  issued  a  circular  to  the 
Encampments,  which  so  well  represents  the  straight- 
forward, direct  and  business-like  style  in  which  that  juris- 


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diction  carried  on  its  work  of  relief,  that  we  copy  it, 
omitting  the  formal  heading. 

To  the  Subordinate  Encampments  and  Patriarchs  throughout  this  Juris- 
dictioji  —  Sirs  and  Patriarchs:  The  recent  terrible  calamity  at  Chicago 
wherein  numbers  of  our  brethren  are  sufferers,  and  that  has  made  them, 
their  wives,  and  children  homeless,  penniless,  and  destitute  of  the  common- 
est necessaries  of  existence,  appeals  so  strongly  to  our  humanity  that  word^ 
are  useless.  Duty  prompts  to  immediate  action.  You  are  requested  to  send 
your  contributions  to  this  office,  in  order  that  they  may  be  placed  in  the 
hands  of  a  committee  of  our  brethren  in  Chicago  for  distribution  to  the 
needy.    Fraternally  Yours, 

James  B.  Nicholson,  Grand  Scribe. 

The  Grand  Treasurer,  M.  Richards  Muckle,  being  ap- 
pointed to  receive  and  forward  contributions,  sent  on  the 
12th  of  October  his  first  instalment,  $1,325,  one  thousand 
of  which  was  given  by  the  Grand  Lodge ;  and  the  re- 
mainder was  the  first  contribution  from  Philadelphia. 
How  nobly  the  brothers  of  that  great  jurisdiction  main- 
tained, by  their  beneficence,  their  reputation  as  open- 
hearted,  open-handed  Odd  Fellows,  our  list  of  their 
contributions  partly  shows.  At  the  same  time,  when  the 
collections  were  made  for  Chicago,  the  same  Lodges  were 
contributing  for  the  other  sufferers  of  the  Xorthwest. 
When  their  gifts  had  amounted  to  about  $24,000  for 
Chicago,  and  812,500  for  the  Northwest,  and  $2,600  more 
was  in  hand  for  sending,  the  word  came  back  that  no  more 
was  wanted ;  and  the  surplus  82,600,  with  81,500  more, 
was  promptly  turned  over  to  the  fire-stricken  town  of 
Somerset,  Pa.  And  this  810,000  was  given  in  addition  to 
the  regular  beneficial  and  charitable  work  of  the  fraternity 
in  six  months'  time.  The  brothers  in  Philadelphia,  as 
suggested  at  the  outset  by  Bro.  J.  W.  Stokes,  P.  G.  M., 
held  themselves  ready  to  take  the  labor  of  purchasing 
necessaries  with  the  money. 


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Massachusetts. — Among  the  earliest  and  most  effec- 
tive of  our  helpers  stand  the  noble  brothers  of  old 
Massachusetts.  At  the  meeting  of  Massachusetts  Lodge, 
No.  1,  Monday  evening,  October  9th,  the  organization  of 
a  relief  committee  was  begun,  which  went  to  work ;  but 
it  was  not  completed  until  Friday,  the  13th,  when  the 
Lodges  of  Boston  had  all  met.  Bro.  Wm.  E.  Ford,  P. 
G.  M.,  was  Chairman ;  Bro.  W.  H.  Elliott,  Secretary, 
and  Bro.  Chas.  Hayden,  Grand  Treasurer  of  Mass., 
Treasurer.  At  the  first  meeting  nearly  $4,000  was  sub- 
scribed in-  the  first  hour  ;  and  the  amount  from  the  State 
rose  to  110,000.  Only  about  two-thirds  of  the  contribu- 
tions from  that  jurisdiction  were  sent  through  thq  Boston 
Committee.    In  their  report  the  committee  say  : 

A  committee,  consisting  of  Nathaniel  Adams,  P.  G.  M,,  Charles  Hayden, 
Grand  Treasurer,  and  W.  E.  Ford,  P.  G.  M.,  were  chosen  to  proceed  to 
Chicago,  and  confer  with  such  members  of  our  Order  as  they  should  deem 
proper,  in  relation  to  the  best  method  of  expending  the  funds  contributed. 
No  instructions  were  given  the  committee,  but  it  was  gently  intimated  to 
them  that  they  would  be  expected  to  defray  their  own  expenses  out  and  back, 
a  condition  they  have  kept  unbroken,  as  may  be  seen  by  an  examination  of 
the  Treasurer's  accounts.  A  telegram  was  sent  the  next  morning  after  the 
meeting,  to  the  Odd  Fellow's  Relief  Committee  of  Chicago,  authorizing 
them  to  draw  upon  Charles  Hayden  to  the  amount  of  $4,000,  and  also 
informing  them  that  a  committee  from  the  Odd  Fellows  of  Massachusetts 
would  meet  them  the  next  Wednesday.  At  that  time  the  committee  arrived 
in  Chicago,  and  immediately  went  to  work  to  ascertain  what  was  the  best 
possible  way  of  rendering  assistance  to  the  unfortunate. 

These  visitors  saw  that  it  was  best  to  use  their  money 
for  the  most  part  in  purchasing  needed  supplies  and  for- 
warding them  ;  and  they  spent  about  14,000  in  that  way, 
greatly  to  our  advantage,  especially  in  boots  and  shoes 
and  clothing.  The  rest  of  their  liberal  contribution  came 
in  money. 


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Missouri. — In  this  neighboring  jurisdiction  the  Grand 
Master  issued  a  circuhar  at  once  to  the  Lodges,  which 
responded  with  notable  liberality,  sending  contributions 
from  time  to  time  until  the  need  of  them  ceased.  Sixty 
Lodges  and  two  Encampir^^nts  shared  in  this  noble  work. 

Indiana. — The  brothers  of  this  jurisdiction  were  as 
near  to  us  in  spirit  and  sympathy  as  they  are  in  location. 
Both  branches  of  the  Order  sprang  to  the  work  and  won 
the  honors  of  liberal  souls.  The  Grand  Lodge  appro- 
priated $250  and  appealed  to  the  subordinates.  Nearly  all 
the  remittances  from  this  jurisdiction  came  directly  to  the 
committee,  and  nothing  can  be  added  to  the  eloquence  of 
the  figures  contained  in  the  appendix. 

Delaware. — One  can  hardly  venture  to  speak  of 
"  little  Delaware  "  when  he  sees  the  contribution  from 
that  great  hearted  jurisdiction,  which  came  on  in  Novem- 
ber. The  Grand  Lodge  in  session  on  Oct.  12th  appropri- 
ated $500  from  its  own  funds,  and  passed  resolutions 
calling  on  the  subordinates  to  do  likewise.  Within  a 
short  tii3|e  $700  more  were  contributed  by  them. 

Kentucky. — Two  weeks  after  the  disaster  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Kentucky  was  in  session.  An  eloquent  report 
from  a  special  committee,  one  member  of  which  was  the 
present  D.  G.  Sire,  M.  J.  Durham,  set  the  case  before  the 
Lodges,  with  an  appeal  for  early  action  ;  and  the  repre- 
sentatives present  were  charged  with  the  duty  of  present- 
ing the  matter  at  home.  The  Grand  Lodge  itself 
rippropriated  $1,000,  and  appointed  a  committee  of  seven 
brothers  in  Louisville  to  receive  and  forward  contribu- 
tions, one  of  whom  was  Bro.  Wm.  White,  the  honored 
Grand  Secretary  for  many  years.  This  committee  issued 
circulars,  and  expended  the  receipts  largely  in  appro^^riate 
purchases  of  food  and  raiment.    Debtors  on  all  sides,  we 


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find  ourselves  much  indebted  for  the  brotherly  kindness 
of  Kentucky. 

Minnesota. — This  young  but  vigorous  jurisdiction  of 
the  North  was  called  upon  by  proclamation  of  its  Grand 
Master,  Bro.  H.  C.  Fuhrmann,  dated  Oct.  11th,  a  prompt 
response  to  the  call  of  humanity,  which  began  to  be 
answered  even  before  it  was  issued,  Lake  City  Lodge 
leading  off  with  1125  on  the  12th,  others  following 
quickly.  The  remittances  were  mostly  made  through 
Sherwood  Hough,  G.  S. 

New  Jersey. — The  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State  did  not 
meet  till  the  middle  of  November,  long  before  which  time 
the  subordinates  had  acted  on  the  promptings  of  their 
own  generous  hearts.  The  Grand  Lodge  could  only 
recommend  that  all  should  share  in  their  liberality. 

Kansas.  —  This  jurisdiction,  so  lately  a  wilderness  and 
the  seat  of  civil  war,  now  rapidly  rising  in  culture,  is 
honored  in  Odd  Fellowship.  At  its  session  on  the  fire- 
week,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kansas  appropriated  $500, 
and  the  Lodges  responded  liberally  to  the  appeal. 

Iowa.  —  Another  neighbor  of  the  Good  Samaritan 
type,  held  the  annual  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  the 
week  after  the  fire.  The  Grand  Master,  Bro.  John  Gun- 
daker,  presented  the  calamity  in  his  report,  with  a  recom- 
mendation upon  which  the  Grand  Lodge  acted,  with  an 
appropriation  of  $500.  A  circular  was  issued  to  the  sub- 
ordinates, and  the  representatives  were  requested  to  urge 
the  pressing  need  upon  the  Lodges.  The  generosity  of 
Iowa  plainly  needed  no  urging. 

Arkansas.  —  From  the  States  devastated  by  the  war 
of  the  secession,  themselves  so  lately  needing  help,  and 
still  so  depressed,  but  little  could  be  expected  beyond  the 


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tribute  of  sympathy.  But  early  there  came  from  Arkansas 
this  telegram,  which  needs  no  praise  from  us  : 

Little  Rock,  Ark.,  October  ii,  1871. 

To  Dr.  y.  Ward  Ellis,  Grand  Rep.  G.  L.  U.  S.,  I.  0.  0.  F.  :  Your  cal- 
amity is  not  unheeded  by  your  brethren.  We  have  appropriated  one 
hundred  dollars,  subject  to  your  order,  and  will  do  all  we  can  to  aid  you 
further.    May  God  sustain  you  in  your  distress.  Answer. 

J.  B.  Bond,  N.  G.,  Pike  Lodge  Xo.  12,  L  O.  O.  F. 

The  Grand  Lodge  of  Arkansas,  meeting  on  November 
1st,  added  |100  from  its  own  funds,  and  commended  the 
cause  to  its  subordinates. 

District  of  Columbia.  —  This  wide  awake  jurisdiction 
is  never  unworthy  of  its  position  at  the  capital.  The 
Grand  Lodge  met  on  the  evening  of  Oct.  11,  and  earnestl}^ 
presented  the  needs  arising  from  the  disaster  to  their  sub- 
ordinates. Next  day  a  mass-meeting  of  Odd  Fellows  was 
held,  Bro.  W.  W.  Moore,  P.  G.  Sire,  presiding.  The  reso- 
lutions passed  were  but  an  echo  of  those  in  their  hearts 
to  do  whlit  the  occasion  demanded.  A  general  soliciting 
committee  was  appointed  to  visit  each  Lodge  and  Encamp- 
ment. 

Tennessee.  —  The  Odd  Fellows  of  Nashville  met  on 
Tuesday  evening,  Oct.  11,  in  convention,  with  Bro.  E.  D. 
Farnsworth,  P.  G.  Sire,  presiding.  Bro.  R.  H.  Barry, 
G.  Secretary,  offered  resolutions  of  sympathy  and  for 
action.  A  general  relief  committee  was  organized,  and 
an  appeal  to  the  Order  throughout  the  State  was  issued 
by  the  Grand  Secretary,  on  request  of  the  meeting,  to 
which  a  liberal  return  was  made. 

Califoknia. — The  golden  land  proved  itself  again  the 
land  of  golden  deeds.  On  Tuesday,  the  11th,  the  Grand 
Master  issued  the  following  eloquent  appeal : 


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I.  O.  O.  F. — Office  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  of  the  R.  W.  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  State  of  California. 

Sacramento,  October  ii,  1871. 

To  the  Lodges  within  this  Jtirisdidion — Brethren  :  When  one  member 
of  a  family  suffers,  all  suffer,  and  the  strong  should  always  help  the  weak. 
Brethren,  you  have  read  and  heard  the  sickening  details  of  the  recent 
terrible  fires  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  I  need  not  repeat  them.  That 
beautiful  city  is  in  ashes — untold  millions  have  been  swept  away.  Distress 
unparalleled,  presses  heavily  upon  the  sufferers.  But  I  appeal  to  you  mainly 
in  behalf  of  our  brethren  of  this  Order.  This  telegram,  received  by  Grand 
Representative  Harmon,  from  a  brother  in  Chicago,  tells  its  own  thrilling 
and  heart-rending  story. 

Elgin,  III.,  October  10,  1871. 

To  John  B.  Harmon  :  One  thousand  Odd  Fellows,  and  their  wives 
and  children,  are  homeless.  For  God's  sake  appeal  to  the  brothers  to  help 
us  !  Nothing  left  us  but  desolation,  woe  and  want.  Chicago  is  wiped  out. 
Imagination  cannot  conceive  one-half  the  truth. 

E.  B.  Sherman. 


Can  I  say  more  ?  Will  you  not,  as  Lodges  and  brothers,  do  something 
for  these  sufferers  ?  The  distress  is  indeed  immediate,  but  it  will  also  be 
prolonged.  Every  dollar  contributed  now  or  within  two  months  will  be  of 
avail.  Some  brethren  will  be  relieved  ;  the  sorrow  of  some  poor  widow 
assuaged  ;  the  tear  of  some  orphan  dried,  even  by  the  smallest  mite.  If  you 
cannot  give  hundreds,  nor  even  tens  of  dollars,  give  one.  Give  your  dimes 
if  you  have  no  more.  What  you  do,  do  quickly.  All  contributions  from 
Lodges  or  brethren  maybe  sent  to  T.  Rodgers  Johnson,  Grand  Secretary,  San 
Francisco,  who  will  immediately  forward  the  same.  Fraternally  yours,  in 
F.  L.  T., 

W.  H.  Hill,  Grand  Master. 

How  munificently  this  appeal  was  answered,  our 
appendix  shows.  On  Oct.  11th,  the  first  dispatch  was 
sent  from  California,  received  on  the  12th,  as  follows  : 

San  Francisco,  October  11,  1871. 

To  E.  B.  Sherman  :  Parker  Lodge,  No.  124,  sends  five  hundred  dollars 
gold,  by  telegram,  via  New  York,  for  relief  of  Odd  Fellows. 

Washington  Bartlett,  Chairman  of  Committee 


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Accordingly  authority  came  on  the  13th  from  a  New 
York  banker  to  draw  for  the  amount,  with  $250  more, 
added  by  Magnolia  Lodge.  On  the  16th,  Bro.  T. 
Rodgers  Johnson,  Grand  Sec'y  of  California,  telegraphed 
that  the  committee  might  draw  for  |4,000  more,  one- 
fourth  of  which  was  from  the  justly  famous  Templar 
Lodge,  noted  for  its  wealth  of  resources,  and  its  generous 
use  of  them  ;  an  equal  amount  was  from  Yerba  Buena  ; 
and  so  California  answered  the  cry  of  distress. 

Vermont  is  a  land  in  which  the  society  of  Odd  Fellows 
has  not  flourished  greatly ;  but  the  brotherhood  there 
were  as  ready  as  elsewhere  to  meet  the  emergency.  Bro. 
Abner  Forbes,  G.  Master,  issued  a  circular,  dated  Oct.  17. 

CoLOKADO  acted,  upon  the  meeting  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
the  week  after  the  fire,  giving  $50  from  the  funds  of  that 
body,  and  sending  a  circular  to  its  subordinates.  The 
pioneer  Lodges  are  neither  many  nor  rich,  but  know  how 
to  share  what  they  have. 

Georgia,  another  of  the  Southern  jurisdictions  whose 
ability  d«)es  not  keep  pace  with  the  impulses  of  their 
hearts,  was  addressed  by  a  circular  of  Bro.  Chas.  C. 
Kibbie,  Grand  Master,  dated  Nov.  24. 

Ontario.  —  When  humanity  moves  there  is  but  one 
nation — the  human  race.  On  the  11th  of  October,  Bro. 
John  Gibson,  Grand  Master,  issued  his  call  to  the  Lodges 
of  Ontario,  and  appointed  a  relief  committee,  consisting 
of  the  G.  Sec,  G.  Treas.,  and  G.  Rep.,  to  collect  relief. 
His  constituency  had  not  waited  for  the  call.  The 
following  telegram  was  among  the  earliest  received  : 

London,  Ontario,  October  ii,  1871. 
y.  Ward  Ellis,  Chicago  :    Draw  on  T.  W.  Smart  for  one  hundred  dollars, 
gold,  for  relief  of  distressed  Odd  Fellows  in  Chicago. 

E.  H.  Cooper,  N.  G.,  in  behalf  of  Dominion  Lodge  No.  48. 


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New  Mexico  having  no  Grand  Lodge,  the  senior 
Lodge,  Paradise,  No.  2,  Santa  Fe,  took  the  lead,  Nov.  21, 
and  appealed  to  the  fraternity  in  that  region,  receiving 
and  forwarding  their  gifts. 

Wisconsin  was  herself  suffering  from  a  fearful  visitation 
of  fire  that  ravaged  her  fields  and  her  forests  and  con- 
sumed some  of  her  villages.  The  village  of  Peshtigo  was 
entirely  consumed,  with  great  loss  of  life  —  the  most 
pitiful  story  of  the  sad  autumn  of  1871.  But  with  Wis- 
consin "  charity  began  at  home,"  but  did  not  stop  with  the 
beginning.  The  Grand  Master  issued  a  circular,  Oct.  14, 
in  which  he  says  to  each  Lodge  : 

In  view  of  the  terrible  calamity  that  has  befallen  the  city  of  Chicago,  by 
which  hundreds  of  our  generous  brothers  in  that  city  are  rendered  houseless, 
homeless,  and  reduced  from  comparative  affluence  to  beggary  and  want ;  and,- 
if  possible,  the  still  more  appalling  disaster  to  the  brothers  of  Peshtigo 
Lodge  No.  185  of  this  jurisdiction,  as  well  as  brothers  of  our  Order 
scattered  through  the  northern  counties  of  this  State,  so  utterly  devastated 
by  the  sweeping  conflagration  that  so  recently  swept  over  them,  meagre 
details  of  which  are  before  you  in  the  public  prints  ;  and  many  distressing 
incidents  to  our  brothers  there,  already  known,  too  many,  sickening  and 
horrible,  to  be  recited  here  ;  several  brothers  of  that  Lodge  burned  to  death, 
some  leaving  families,  others  lost  wives  and  children,  and  all  their  homes 
and  property,  and  many  of  the  survivors  are  maimed  and  crippled,  and 
totally  destitute  of  means  to  provide  for  their  necessities  against  the  coming 
winter  ; 

Therefore,  I,  Myron  P.  Lindsley,  Grand  Master,  do  hereby  authorize 
and  request  your  Lodge  to  draw  and  appropriate  from  its  funds  such  sum  or 
sums  for  the  relief  of  our  said  distressed  brothers  and  their  families,  as  to 
you  shall  seem  fraternal  duty.  Tears  and  resolutions  of  sympathy  are  not 
food  and  clothing  to  the  destitute.  I  am  persuaded  that  no  further  appeal 
is  necessary,  and  that  your  Lodge  will  respond  generously. 

Committees  were  named  b}^  him  at  Madison,  Mil- 
waukee, and  Green  Bay,  to  receive  contributions  in  kind. 
The  first  car-load  of  provisions  that  came  to  Chicago  (for 
general  relief,)  over  the  Northwestern  R.  R.,  was  made  up 
and  sent  by  Bro.  J.  V.  Jones,  Mayor  of  Oshkosh. 


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New  York. — The  first  word  from  the  Empire  State 
was  a  dispatch  of  the  11th  from  Rochester,  from  Teoronto 
Lodge,  giving  i250,  which  had  been  voted  on  the  9th. 
But  the  whole  great  jurisdiction  was  stirred  simultaneously 
as  heartily  and  fully  as  her  next  Southern  neighbor.  As 
soon  as  possible  an  "  emergent  session  "  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  was  called  on  the  14th,  to  organize  action  ;  but 
none  delayed  for  its  meeting ;  the  brothers  began  work 
independently  and  coalesced  as  plans  matured.  Their 
letters  and  despatches  came  in  abundantly,  asking,  not 
how  much  we  wanted,  but  how  they  should  help  us,  and 
to  whom  they  should  send  money  at  once.  Bro.  John 
Medole,  P.  G.  M.,  G.  R.,  editor  of  the  Heart  aiid  Hand^ 
came  to  Chicago  on  behalf  of  the  brothers  of  New  York, 
arriving  on  the  22d  of  October,  and  spending  two  days  in 
seeing  our  needs  and  our  plans.  The  Heart  and  Haiid 
and  American  Odd  Felloiv  took  great  interest  in  the  grand 
charitable  movement ;  and  their  zeal  and  helpfulness  were 
representative  of  the  earnest  Odd  Fellows  of  New  York. 
Hon.  Jacof)  Russell,  G,  T.,  was  untiring  in  his  efforts  in 
this  behalf. 

Michigan  was  itself  a  great  sufferer  in  the  fires  of  that 
fatal  autumn,  in  the  same  way  as  Wisconsin ;  the  villages 
of  Menominee  and  Manistee  were  devastated  almost  as 
severely  as  Peshtigo.  The  benefactions  of  the  Order  were 
extended  to  this  jurisdiction  liberally ;  but  in  their  own 
troubles  the  Lodges  of  Michigan  did  not  forget  Chicago. 
The  circulars  of  Bro.  Isaac  Sides,  G.  M.,  included  the 
needs  of  our  city  with  their  own  ;  and  in  the  giving  we 
were  not  neglected. 

Oregon.  —  Remittances  were  telegraphed,  with  but 
slight  exception,  in  gold,  via  New  York.     In  space. 


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remotest  of  the  American  jurisdictions,  Oregon  made  haste 
to  be  among  the  first  to  rfeach  us. 

Rhode  Island.  —  Contributions  from  this  jurisdiction 
were  transmitted  by  Bro.  John  F.  Driscol,  G.  S.  The 
warm  reception  of  a  member  of  the  committee  visiting 
this  Grand  Lodge  shows  that  their  gifts  were  not  cold 
donations  but  outflowing  benefactions. 

Connecticut.  —  The  Land  of  Steady  Habits  stirred 
from  its  wonted  even  course  to  do  most  gracious  acts  of 
charity  with  zealous  speed.  Bro.  F.  Botsford,  G.  S., 
transmitted  the  generous  contributions  that  answered  the 
appeal  of  the  Grand  Master,  which  was  made  as  early  as 
the  12th  of  October. 

Nevada,  having  a  membership  of  about  twelve  hun- 
dred, sent  through  her  Grand  officers  nearly  $1,500  in  a 
single  remittance.  Her  contributions,  including  those  of 
Utah,  are  the  largest  in  proportion  to  membership. 

ViEGiNiA  sent  her  contributions  through  the  Grand 
Officers  to  the  Grand  Master  of  Illinois.  Their  courteous 
reception  of  a  member  of  the  committee  who  visited  them 
was  only  a  token  of  the  charity  that  had  come  from  their 
hearts  through  liberal  hands. 

West  Virginia  responded  liberally  and  promptly. 
Remittances  were  mostly  made  through  Bro.  H.  A. 
Uthman.  The  correspondence  shows  that  their  sym- 
pathy was  full  as  their  action  was  ready  and  hearty. 

Maine,  like  Oregon  and  California,  remote,  was  among 
the  first  in  point  of  time.  Portland's  great  disaster  made 
her  sympathy  quick  and  strong.  Maine  Lodge,  No.  1, 
wrote  us  on  the  10th  of  October,  offering  her  aid  ;  others 
followed  liberally. 

Maryland.  —  This  jurisdiction,  under  the  leading  of 


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its  warm-hearted  Grand  Master,  Joseph  Vansant,  and 
of  Bro.  Ridgely,  the  living  exemplar  of  all  that  Odd 
Fellowship  teaches  in  its  best  lessons,  went  steadily  and 
systematically  to  work  to  make  its  deeds  correspond  with 
its  professiojis,  and  sent  their  contributions  as  long  as 
needed. 

Lower  Provinces,  B.  N.  A.  —  The  Lodges  sent  their 
fraternal  offerings  in  gold,  which  are  not  valued  by  their 
amount  only;  the  kindness  of  those  who  are  remote  gives 
assurance  of  the  extent  of  fraternal  sympathy. 

New  Hampshire.  —  On  page  45  we  have  given  the 
telegram  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  jurisdiction  to  our 
Grand  Lodge.  The  Grand  bodies  contributed  severally 
8400  and  8200  ;  and  the  Odd  Fellows  of  Portsmouth  made 
immediate  contributions  in  purchased  articles  to  the 
amount  of  about  8800. 

Europe. — From  the  newly-formed  Lodges  of  Germany 
and  Switzerland,  as  yet  engaged  in  the  struggle  for  exist- 
ence, we  had  expected  no  material  aid.  It  was  all  the 
more  gratifying,  then,  to  find  that  time  and  experience  in 
the  organization  were  not  necessary  to  perfection  in  the 
lessons  of  fraternal  love,  and  that  they  would  not  be 
omitted  in  the  list  of  benefactors. 

Nebraska.  —  We  are  not  aware  of  any  action  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  :  but  its  subordinates  did  what  lay  in  their 
power. 

Louisiana  and  Others.  —  The  most  sanguine  would 
hardly  have  expected  a  response  from  any  Southern 
jurisdiction  ;  contributions,  however,  were  received  from 
Louisiana,  North  Carolina,  Texas,  South  Carolina,  and 
^  Alabama  ;  not  large  in  amount,  but  under  the  circum- 
stances of  their  own  recent  and  still-present  needs  doubly 
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Work  of  the  Committee. — We  spoke  above  of  ob- 
taining and  fitting  up  as  a  store-room  and  place  of  distri- 
bution, the  unfinished  audience  room  of  the  large  Fifth 
Baptist  Church,  at  the  corner  of  Sangamon  and  Harrison 
streets.  Preparations  were  made  for  an  extensive  and 
systematic  winter's  work.  One  of  the  first  necessities  was 
a  frost-proof  place  of  storage  for  vegetables,  of  which  six 
thousand  bushels  were  deemed  the  necessary  stock ;  and 
to  the  purchase  and  sending  of  this  large  store  Bro.  John 
C.  Smith,  G.  M.,  gave  his  attention,  traveling,  visiting 
Lodges,  soliciting  aid,  and  making  purchases.  Large 
quantities  of  goods,  such  as  groceries,  flour,  meal,  meats, 
dry  goods,  clothing,  boots  and  shoes,  hats  and  caps,  beds  and 
bedding,  blankets,  stoves,  furniture,  etc.,  etc.,  were  pur- 
chased, partly  by  the  committee,  but  largely  by  the  Relief 
Committees  of  Cincinnati,  Boston,  New  Hampshire, 
Tiffin,  and  other  places.  In  the  obtaining  of  fuel  and 
food,  much  help  was  rendered  by  local  committees  in 
Illinois. 

Proper  blanks  for  applications  for  relief  were  prepared, 
calling  for  such  facts  as  were  needed  to  show  the  condition 
and  wants  of  the  applicants ;  and  these  were  discriminated 
into  the  two  classes  of  general  relief  and  of  special  relief ; 
the  latter  being  help  asked  by  those  who  were  able  to 
help  themselves  for  the  most  part,  but  who  needed  some 
particular  articles,  as  tools  or  machinery,  or  being  aid 
rendered  in  any  other  way  than  by  the  regular  distribution 
of  the  articles  held  in  store.  Careful  investigation  was 
made  into  the  circumstances  of  every  case.  Lodges  were 
requested  to  appoint  active,  judicious  committees  to 
cooperate  with  the  committee,  and  every  possible  exertion 
was  made  to  supply  the  needs  of  every  deserving  applicant. 
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retiring  by  kindness  and  fraternal  sympathy,  to  prevent 
imposition  and  fraud,  and,  so  far  as  lay  in  their  power, 
and  according  to  their  best  judgment,  to  be  worthy 
almoners  of  the  surprising  beneficence  of  the  brotherhood. 

The  committee  knew  that  the  contributions  made  were 
designed  not  to  repair  losses  of  individuals  or  to  enrich 
Lodges,  but  to  prevent  suffering  from  the  terrible  calamity 
which  had  fallen  upon  Chicago,  to  feed  the  hungry,  clothe 
the  naked,  and  furnish  the  necessaries  of  life,  until  the 
victims  of  this  fearful  disaster  could  obtain  employment 
and  resume  their  usual  avocations,  and  become  again  self- 
dependent.  Especially  were  all  possible  efforts  made  to 
care  for  the  sick  and  furnish  them  with  such  things  as 
were  necessary  to  alleviate  their  sufferings.  Believing 
that  no  gift  was  so  valuable  to  a  laboring  man  as  the 
means  of  gaining  his  own  livelihood,  the  committee 
omitted  no  opportunity  to  provide  necessary  tools  for 
mechanics  and  laborers,  so  that  as  soon  as  possible  they 
should  resume  their  usual  habits  of  industry.  Sensible 
that  man^^  were  discouraged  and  disheartened,  and  needed 
encouragement  as  much  as  material  aid,  all  means  possible 
were  adopted  to  to  render  self-reliant  and  hopeful  those 
who  at  first  seemed  entirely  broken  in  spirit.  It  had  been 
proudly  said,  at  the  public  meeting  in  Metropolitan  Hall, 
during  the  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United 
States,  that  no  Odd  Fellow  was  a  pauper,  or  had  the  spirit 
of  a  pauper  ;  and  this  sentiment  of  Bro.  Shorey,  P.  G.  R., 
was  loudly  applauded.  The  tendency  of  the  times  and 
of  the  circumstances  was  toward  making  the  boast  an 
empty  one  in  many  instances  ;  but  the  committee  and  the 
Lodges,  one  and  all,  resisted  the  tendency  strenuously 
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As  samples  of  the  applications  for  relief  we  give  two 
.  from  the  files  : 

(i.)  Name,  widow  of  F.  W  ;  Lodge  and  No.,  late  member  Robert  Blum, 

58  ;    former   occupation,   ;    present  occupation,   ;  amount 

wages,  ;  residence  before  the  fire,  196  Van  Buren  ;  residence  now, 

115  Forquer  street;  number  in  family,  3;  state  of  health,  i  child  sick; 
former  relief,  if  any,  none  ;  reference,  Bro.  John  Gersetta,  58  ;  general 
remarks,   Articles  wanted  —  Washtub,  washboard,  soap,   i  cook- 

stove,  I  bedstead,  i  mattrass,  water  pail,  broom  and  brush,  clothes-line,  2 
pillows,  I  pr.  shoes  for  self,  2  pr.  child's  shoes,  2  chairs,  and  i  quilt, 
a  coal  hod,  stew  pan,  candles. 

H.  V.  Van  Dusen. 

Articles  delivered. — S.  Polock. 

(2.)  The  facts  in  support  of  this  application  are  stated  in  answer  to  the 
following  questions  : 

Name?    C.  W  .     Name  and  No.  of  Lodge?    Robert  Blum,  58. 

Present  residence  ?  65  Purple  street.  Former  occupation  ?  Teamster. 
Present  occupation?  None.  Married  or  single?  Married,  wife  dead, 
Number  of  children  and  ages  ?  5 — 14,  12,  10,  8,  4.  Are  any  employed  and 
how?  Oldest  boy  working  in  coal  office.  Total  income  of  family  per  week? 
$3  per  week.  Were  you  burnt  out?  Yes.  What  did  you  lose?  House- 
hold furniture,  clothing,  etc.  Insurance  and  in  what  company  ?  None. 
Any  money  in  bank  or  elsewhere  ?  None.  Other  relief,  from  whom  and 
amount?    None.    Real  estate  owned  and  value ?  None. 

I  certify  that  the  above  statements  are  correct.        C.  B  ,  Applicant. 

Articles  wanted  :  One  cook  stove,  bedstead,  provisions  for  two  weeks, 
mattrass,  two  pillows,  three  pair  blankets,  six  plates,  six  cups  and  saucers^ 
six  knives  and  forks,  six  teaspoons,  six  tablespoons,  broom. 

We,  the  undersigned  committee  of  Robert  Blum  Lodge,  hereby  certify 
that  we  have  examined  the  facts  in  the  above  case,  and  know  the  circum- 
stances of  the  applicant,  and  fully  believe  the  above-named  articles  are 
really  needed  for  present  relief. 

JOSRI'H  BUECHEL, 

H.  V.  Van  Dusen.  Fred.  G.  Kruger. 

Deliver  above  articles. — E.  B.*Sherman. 
Delivered. — R.  H.  Jordan. 


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From  ten  to  fifteen  persons  were  employed  in  the  work 
of  the  distribution  until  it  was  closed  on  the  first  of  April, 
the  remainder  of  the  stock  being  properly  distributed. 
Thenceforth  only  special  relief  was  given,  until  the  final 
closing  of  the  whole  business.  A  very  systematic  digest 
of  the  work  of  relief,  showing  the  applications  in  each 
month,  and  the  number  relieved  and  other  interesting 
particulars,  is  given  hereafter  in  the  admirable  report  of 
the  auditing  committee,  which  we  will  not  anticipate  in 
this  place. 

As  the  winter  waned  and  it  was  seen  that  the  bounty 
of  the  Order  had  filled  our  cup  to  overflowing,  the  com- 
mittee determined  to  decline  further  contributions,  and 
return  them,  with  thanks,  to  the  donors.  Accordingly, 
all  contributions  that  arrived  after  the  23d  of  March,  1872, 
were  returned  to  those  who  sent  them,  accompanied  by 
the  following  letter  : 

Rooms  Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  ) 
-  No.  214  Sangamon  Street,  Chicago.  1872.  f 


Dear  Sir  and  Brother  : 

Your  esteemed  favor  of  received,  enclosing  dollars  for 

relief.  At  a  session  of  the  Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  of  Chicago,  on 
the  23d  day  of  March,  the  following  preamble  and  resolutions  were  unani- 
mously adopted  : 

Whereas,  By  the  surprising  and  continued  liberality  of  the  brotherhood, 
we  have  now  been  furnished  with  sufficient  means  to  supply  the  most  press- 
ing necessities  of  the  brothers  and  their  families  ;  and 

Whereas,  We  do  not  deem  it  consistent  with  the  true  object  of  our 
appointment  to  receive  contributions  further  than  seems  necessary  to  prevent 
present  suffering,  and  supply  the  more  urgent  needs  of  our  brothers  and 
provide  for  special  cases  of  peculiar  hardship  in  this  terrible  emergency  ; 
therefore. 

Resolved,  That  all  sums  hereafter  received  be  returned  to  their  respective 
donors,  with  grateful  acknowledgments. 

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Resolved,  That  our  Secretary  be  directed  to  keep  an  account  of  all  such 
donations  so  received  and  returned,  that  the  same  may  hereafter  receive 
proper  recognition. 

In  accordance  with  the  foregoing,  please  herewith  find  above  sum,  less 
expense  of  return,  and  accept  with  it  our  grateful  and  fraternal  thanks.  By 
its  admirable  fidelity  to  its  divine  principles  in  this  crisis,  our  Order  has 
demonstrated  its  practical  adaptation  for  the  promotion  of  good  will  among 
men,  and  its  fitness  as  a  minister  in  the  trials  and  adversities  which  are 
inseparable  from  human  life,  and  to-day  stands  peerless  among  kindred 
organizations  for  systematic  and  spontaneous  benevolence. 

Fraternally  yours, 

J.  Ward  Ellis,  Chairman,  E.  B.  Sherman, 

Jno.  G.  Rogers,  Treasurer.  Sec'y  Relief  Com.  I.  O.  O.  F. 

Under  these  resolutions  the  sum  of  $6,644.79  was 
returned. 

Some  special  incidents,  not  in  the  work  of  the  com- 
mittee, should  not  pass  unnoticed.  To  each  Lodge  and 
Encampment  that  was  burnt  out,  the  Christmas  present 
of  a  handsome  •  bible  was  made  by  the  Ohio  Relief  Com- 
mittee ;  and  in  the  spring  of  1872  that  committee  visited 
Chicago,  inquired  into  the  condition  of  each  of  these 
bodies,  and  gave  money  to  those  Lodges  whose  circum- 
stances seemed  to  require  it,  and  to  others  a  pair  of  gavels 
as  a  complimentary  token  of  their  visit.  These  gifts,  both 
of  money  and  articles,  are  in  addition  to  those  received 
and  disbursed  by  our  committee.  Messrs.  Seymour  &  Son, 
of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  sent  a  set  of  jewels  for  a  Lodge  and 
one  for  an  Encampment ;  these  were  assigned  by  lot,  Bro. 
Stuart,  Grand  Sire,  drawing  the  lots  on  occasion  of  one 
of  his  visits,  by  which  the  jewels  fell  to  Duane  Lodge, 
No.  11,  and  Chicago  Encampment,  No.  10. 

By  Lodges  abroad,  and  by  members  of  Lodges,  various 
sums  of  money  and  other  donations  were  given  directly  to 
the  suffering  Lodges  and  to  their  members,  to  the  amount 
of  several  thousand  dollars,  none  of  which  is  shown  in 


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the  transactions  of  the  committee ;  and  to  the  general 
relief  of  the  city,  by  the  Relief  and  Aid  Society,  about 
$2,000  was  given  by  the  Order  as  such. 

Distinguished  Visitors.  —  During  the  winter  the 
committee  had  the  encouragement  of  letters  from  brothers 
of  all  the  jurisdictions,  and  were  also  honored,  cheered, 
and  helped  by  the  personal  visits  of  many  earnest  Odd 
Fellows  and  officers  of  the  Order.  We  have  already 
mentioned  the  helpful  visits  of  the  Massachusetts  com- 
mittee, Bros.  Ford,  Hayden,  and  Adams ;  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati committee,  Bros.  Bell,  Thomas,  Smith,  McLean, 
Shayne,  Pye,  Burnham,  and  Kennedy  ;  and  of  Bro.  John 
Medole,  P.  G.  M.,  of  New  York.  We  were  favored  by 
Bro.  Fred.  D.  Stuart,  Grand  Sire,  with  three  visits,  in  which 
he  gave  us  valuable  counsel ;  and  his  reports  to  the  Order 
at  large  were  of  incalculable  benefit  to  us.  The  frequent 
and  enlivening  visits  of  Bro.  Thomas  Underwood,  P.  G.  M., 
of  Indiana,  deserve  special  mention ;  and  for  frequent 
advice  and  assistance  the  committee  were  indebted  to 
Bro.  A.  fe.  Barry,  G.  T.,  of  Illinois,  whose  business 
required  him  to  spend  most  of  the  winter  in  Chicago. 
We  were  favored,  also  with  the  presence  and  advice  of  Dr. 
C.  A.  Logan,  now  M.  W.  Grand  Sire  ;  John  Medole,  G.  R., 
and  Editor  of  Heart  and  Hand;  G.  Representatives 
Porter,  of  California,  Leech,  of  Iowa,  Underwood,  of 
Indiana,  and  Needles  and  Ticknor,  of  Illinois;  P.  G. 
Representatives  Furst  and  Herr,  of  Illinois,  and  Morrison, 
of  Michigan ;  M.  P.  Lindsley,  M.  W.  G.  M.,  L.  B.  Hills, 
R.  W.  G.  S.,  and  W.  Reynolds,  of  the  Wisconsin  Relief 
Committee  ;  John  Gandaker,  P.  G.  M.,  of  Iowa ;  F.  M. 
Foster,  R.  W.  G.  S.,  of  Michigan,  and  many  other  brothers 
from  all  parts  of  the  country. 

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acknowledgments  should  be  made  of  the  generosity  of  the 
officers  of  the  various  railroads  entering  our  city,  who 
almost  uniformly  brought  all  supplies  free,  and  also  fur- 
nished gratuitous  transportation  to  hundreds  leaving  the 
city.  The  committee  cannot  forbear  to  name  W.  C. 
Cleland,  General  Western  Passenger  Agent  of  the 
Pennsylvania  R.  R. ;  F.  E.  Morse,  General  Passenger 
Agent  of  the  Lake  Shore  and  Michigan  Southern  R.  R.  ; 
John  C.  Gault,  then  General  Superintendent  of  Chicago 
and  Northwestern  R.  R.  ;  J.  C.  McMullin,  General  Super- 
intendent Chicago  and  Alton  R.  R.  ;  Gen.  Lewis  Viele, 
General  Freight  Agent  Chicago  and  Rock  Island  R.  R. ; 
E.  St.  John,  General  Passenger  Agent  of  the  same  road; 
and  Joseph  F.  Tucker,  General  Freight  Agent  of  the 
Illinois  Central  R.  R. 

All  these  seemed  to  vie  in  the  generous  rivalry  of  good 
deeds.  Mr.  Tucker,  being  applied  to  for  transportation 
of  coal  from  Duquoin,  said,  Gentlemen,  we  will  bring 
all  your  coal  free."  ''But,"  we  replied,  we  may  have  a 
thousand  tons  to  bring."  "  It  makes  no  difference,"  was 
his  noble  answer,  the  Illinois  Central  is  able  to  bring  all 
the  coal  you  want  for  distribution  to  needy  Odd  Fellows ; 
and  it  will  be  done."  The  freight  bills  on  this  coal 
brought  over  the  Illinois  Central  R.  R.  would  have  been 
more  than  f 2,500,  if  charged  at  ordinary  rates  ;  and  every 
ton  came  in  full  weight  and  measure. 

The  Express  Companies,  in  like  manner,  treated  us 
very  generously  :  the  United  States,  the  American  Mer- 
chants' Union,  and  the  Adams.  They  brought  us 
money  and  valuable  packages  without  fee  or  reward, 
assuming  all  the  risks  of  transportation  and  loss.  The 
pecuniary  aid  thus  given  was  not  small ;  and  it  was  so 
courteously  and  unhesitatingly  given  as  to  increase  our 
sense  of  the  benefit. 


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The  Reltef  and  Aid  Society. — This  account  would 
fail  to  be  a  truthful  record  did  it  omit  to  acknowledge 
many  courtesies  received  from  Murray  Nelson,  Esq., 
George  M.  Pullman,  Esq.,  Rev.  Robert  Laird  Collier,  T. 
M.  Avery,  Esq.,  and  Wirt  Dexter,  Esq.,  chairmen  of  the 
several  committees  of  the  General  Relief  and  Aid  Society, 
by  whose  cordial  cooperation  we  were  able  to  avail  our- 
selves of  the  special  privileges  and  benefits  of  that  organi- 
zation, as  it  was  able,  .by  its  vast  resources,  in  some  cases 
to  give  more  permanent  assistance  than  we  deemed  within 
the  scope  of  our  duty. 

The  Press.  —  To  the  magazines  and  journals  of  the 
Order,  one  and  all,  we  owe  thanks  in  greater  measure  than 
we  can  tell  for  their  eloquent  presentation  of  our  needs, 
their  approval  of  our  plans,  and  their  cordial  and  zealous 
cooperation  with  our  efforts.  By  their  publications  relat- 
ing to  this  grand  charity,  all  through  the  winter,  they 
kept  the  Order  advised  of  the  state  of  affairs,  and  of  what 
remained  to  be  done,  as  well  as  of  what  had  been  done. 
It  will  not  seem  invidious  if  we  specially  name  those  of 
greatest  circulation  and  scope  as  having  put  us  under  pecul- 
iar obligations  :  the  American  Odd  Felloiv^  oldest  of  all,  the 
Odd  Fellotv's  Companion^  (with  the  German  magazine  Ber 
Odd  Fellow^  from  the  same  office,)  the  New  Age^  and  the 
Heart  and  Hand^  the  weekly  issue  of  which  made  them 
highly  useful  to  us  as  a  means  of  communicating  with  the 
Order.  Newspapers  of  our  city  extended  their  courtesies 
to  us  constantly,  showed  no  small  interest  in  our  success, 
and  frequentl}^  reported  to  the  public  what  we  were  doing, 
with  encouraging  commendations  ;  and  in  papers  from 
other  cities,  sent  us  from  time  to  time,  we  found  similar 
gratifying  recognitions  of  the  benefactions  of  the  Order 
and  of  the  work  of  the  committee. 


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Oun  Helpers.  —  The  committee  would  be  chargeable 
with  great  ingratitude  if  they  should  fail  to  acknowledge 
in  especial  manner,  the  constant  and  invaluable  assistance 
and  cooperation  rendered  them  ever  since  their  appoint- 
ment, by  the  Grand  Master  of  Illinois  for  1871-2,  Gen. 
John  C.  Smith,  G.  R.  It  is  but  just  to  place  on  record 
that  to  him  is  largely  due  the  measure  of  success  which 
has  attended  the  ministration  of  this  grand  fraternal 
charity.  He  has  made  frequent  visits  to  and  has  been  in 
constant  correspondence  with  us  regarding  the  relief 
work,  and  his  judicious  suggestions  and  excellent  advice 
have  guided  us  in  many  perplexing  circumstances.  His 
self-sacrificing  devotion  to  the  interests  of  this  Grand 
Lodge  and  the  suffering  brothers  in  Chicago,  has  endeared 
him  to  the  brotherhood  of  this  city,  and  will  be  always 
gratefully  remembered  by  the  committee. 

To  N.  C.  Nason,  the  ever-efficient  R.  W.  G.  S.,  we  are 
under  great  obligations  for  every  official  and  personal 
favor  which  it  was  in  his  power  to  extend  to  us. 

It  would  be  great  injustice  were  we  to  omit  to  mention 
the  services  and  assistance  of  R.  H.  Jordan,  P.  D.  G.  M., 
Superintendent  of  Supplies,  and  A.  T.  Sherman,  G. 
C,  Book-keeper,  both  of  whom  discharged  their  exacting 
duties  with  zeal,  fidelity,  and  promptness. 

We  also  desire  to  acknowledge  the  valuable  assistance 
given  by  H.  V.  Van  Dusen,  P.  C.  P.,  Assistant  Superin- 
tendent of  Supplies ;  Charles  E.  Minor,  P.  G. ;  P.  A. 
Felt,  P.  G.  ;  Louis  Kuhardt,  P.  G.  ;  and  brothers  Polack 
and  Jos.  Hirschberg,  and  also  the  committees  appointed 
by  the  several  Lodges  to  cooperate  with  us.  Many  of 
these  brothers  made  great  sacrifices  of  time,  and  labored 
diligently  and  faithfully. 

Dr.  W.  H.  Bradley,  who  kindly  volunteered  to  attend 


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all  sick  Odd  Fellows  and  their  families  without  charge, 
during  the  winter,  is  deserving  of  especial  mention.  He 
was  not,  when  he  began  this  service  in  the  cause  of 
humanity,  a  member  of  the  Order. 

Closing  the  Work.  —  Immediately  upon  the  cessation 
of  the  general  distribution,  the  committee  desired  an 
examination  of  their  work  and  settlement  of  accounts. 
The  following  correspondence  and  report  need  no  other 
introduction  or  explanation  ; 


Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  I.  O.  O.  F.  ) 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother  :  As  we  have  now  nearly  closed  the  duties  devolved 
upon  us  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  the  receiving  and  disbursing  of  the 
generous  contributions  of  the  brotherhood  at  large  for  the  unfortunate  suffer- 
ers by  the  "  Great  Fire,"  we  deem  it  fitting  and  desirable  to  render  an 
account  of  our  stewardship  thus  far ;  and  we  therefore  request  you  to 
appoint  suet?  brothers  as  you  may  select  as  an  Auditing  Board,  to  whom,  with 
yourself,  we  will  take  pleasure  in  submitting  our  receipts,  expenditures, 
books,  accounts,  vouchers,  method  of  distribution,  —  in  short  the  entire 
transactions  of  the  committee. 

And,  inasmuch  as  contributions  have  been  received  from  more  than  forty 
sister  jurisdictions,  all  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
United  States,  it  seems  to  us  proper  that  the  Grand  Sire  of  the  G.  L.  U.  S. 
should  appoint  a  similar  board  for  a  similar  purpose.  If  you  so  regard  it, 
please  communicate  with  him  and  invite  the  appointment  by  him  of  such 
brothers  as  he  may  select. 

You  will  also  please  fix  such  time  for  the  examination  as  may  suit  your 
convenience  and  that  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Sire. 


AUDITING  COMMITTEE  APPOINTED  —  THEIR  REPORT. 


Rooms  Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
Chicago,  April  4,  1872. 


Gen.  J.  C.  Smith,  M.  W.  G.  M., 


Respectfully  and  fraternally  yours. 


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I.  O.  O.  F.  ) 

[g.l.seal.]       Office  of  the  M.  W.  G.  M..  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  V 

Galena,  Illinois,  April  27,  1872.  ) 

To  the  several  Brothers  hereinafter  named, — 

Greeting :  The  Relief  Committee  appointed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  to  receive  and  disburse  the  generous  benefactions  con- 
tributed by  the  brotherhood  at  large  for  the  relief  of  the  distressed  brothers 
of  Chicago,  have  officially  notified  me  that,  in  their  judgment,  no  further 
general  distribution  of  supplies  is  necessary,  and  have  requested  me  to 
appoint  an  Auditing  Committee  to  examine  the  books  and  vouchers,  receipts 
and  disbursements  of  the  committee,  and  report  thereon  ;  and  have  also 
requested  me  to  invite  F,  D.  Stuart,  M.  W.  Grand  Sire,  to  appoint  a  similar 
committee  on  behalf  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States.  After  con- 
sultation with  the  M.  W.  Grand  Sire,  it  was  deemed  inexpedient  and  unneces- 
sary to  appoint  two  separate  committees.  ,At  the  same  time,  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Sire  recommended  me  to  appoint  such  committee  in  part  from  Illinois 
and  in  part  from  adjacent  jurisdictions. 

Now,  therefore,  in  accordance  with  the  suggestions  of  the  M.  W.  Grand 
Sire,  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  in  me  vested  as  Grand  Master  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  I  do  hereby  appoint  and  commission 
you,  Thomas  Underwood,  P.  G.  M.  and  P.  G.  R.,  of  Indiana  ;  L.  E.  Hills, 
R.  W.  G.  Sec'y  and  P.  G.  R.,  of  Wisconsin  ;  T.  B.  Needles,  P.  G.  M.  and 
G.  R.,  of  Illinois  ;  Louis  Furst,  P.  G.  P.  and  P.  G.  R.,  of  Illinois  ;  Samue^ 
Willard,  P.  G.  Sec'y  and  P.  G.  R.,  of  Illinois  ;  A.  S.  Barry,  R.  W.  G.  T.  and 
P.  G.  R.,  of  Illinois  ;  and  John  P.  Foss,  P.  G.  R.,  of  Illinois,  as  an  Auditing 
Committee  for  the  purpose  above  specified,  and  request  you  to  be  and  appear 
at  the  city  of  Chicago  on  the  fourth  day  of  May  next,  then  and  thereto 
examine  the  books  and  vouchers,  receipts  and  disbursements  of  said  com- 
mittee, and  make  report  to  me  of  your  findings  and  doings  in  the  premises. 

Fraternally  yours,  J.  C.  Smith,  Grand  Master. 


Chicago,  III,  May  6,  1872. 

John  C.  Smith,  ) 
M.W.G.  M.,  I.  0.  0.  F.  of  Illinois,  \ 
Galena,  111.  ) 

Dear  Sir  :  Pursuant  to  your  commission  as  hereunto  annexed,  the  under- 
signed met  at  the  rooms  of  the  Relief  Committee,  I.O.  O.  F.,  in  this  city, 
Saturday,  May  4,  organized  and  performed  the  duty  assigned  them,  and  beg 
leave  to  report  their  action. 

Due  notice  having  been  given  to  the  Relief  Committee  and  their  assistants, 
the  following  were  present,  viz.:  J.  Ward  Ellis,  P.  G.  M.  and  G.  R.,  Chair- 
man ;  E.  B.  Sherman.  P.  G.,  Secretary  ;  John  G.  Rogers,  P.  G.  M.  and  P.  G.  R., 


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Treasurer;  A.  T.  Sherman,  V.G.,  Book-keeper;  R.  H.Jordan,  P.  D.  G.  M., 
Superintendent  of  Supplies. 

From  a  careful  examination  of  the  various  books  and  accounts,  your  com- 
mittee find  the  following  facts  : 

The  committee  began  its  work  on  the  iith  day  of  October,  1871,  and 
closed  its  general  operations  on  March  30,  1872,  making  a  period  of  active 
and  laborious  duty  of  five  months  and  twenty  days. 

The  first  duty  performed  by  the  committee  was  the  renting  of  buildings  as 
storehouses,  for  the  supplies  of  clothing  and  food  and  other  necessaries  ;  as, 
in  addition  to  the  liberal  donations  in  kind,  it  was  found  economical  to 
make  extensive  purchases,  and  to  distribute  articles  obtained  at  wholesale 
prices  rather  than  to  give  money. 

The  committee  employed,  in  the  care  and  distribution  of  stores,  from  ten 
to  fifteen  men. 

Proper  blanks  were  prepared  by  the  committee  and  given  to  applicants,  to 
whom  upon  their  filling  the  same,  distributions  were  made,  either  for  tem- 
porary need  or  as  regular  supply. 

From  October  11,  1S71,  to  March  23,  1872,  the  committee  received  from 
all  sources. 


Incash...     $106,936  54 

In  supplies  of  all  kinds   16,787  99 


Total  receipts      $123,724  53 


The  committee  has  paid  out,  as  per  proper  vouchers  on  file,  as  follows : 

Groceries,  provisions,  etc  823,355  96 

Stoves,  fuel,  coal,  etc   10,850  70 

Labor,  lumber,  rent,  gas   9.569  74 

Special  donations,  cash,  sewing  machines,  tools,  etc.  22,831  40 

Dry  goods       14,711  32 

Clothing,  hats,  caps,  boots  and  shoes   11,683  01 

Furniture,  bedding,  etc     10,354  85 

Tinware,  woodenware,  etc    1,563  78 

Loans   944  00 

General  expenses,  stationery,  postage-stamps,  dray- 
age,  freights,  telegrams,  etc..    7,689  63 

  $113,554  39 

Leaving  in  Treasurer's  hands   10,170  14 

$123,724  53 


On  the  23d  day  of  March  last,  the  following  resolutions  were  unanimously 
passed,  and  in  accordance  therewith,  all  donations  since  that  date  received, 
have  been  returned  to  the  donors,  amounting  at  this  time  to  $5,986.84. 


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Whereas,  By  the  surprising  and  continued  liberality  of  the  brotherhood, 
we  have  now  been  furnished  with  sufficient  means  to  supply  the  most  press- 
ing necessities  of  the  brothers  and  their  families  ;  and, 

Whereas,  We  do  not  deem  it  consistent  with  the  true  object  of  our 
appointment  to  receive  contributions  further  than  seems  necessary  to  prevent 
present  suffering,  and  supply  the  more  urgent  needs  of  our  brothers  and 
provide  for  special  cases  of  peculiar  hardship  in  this  terrible  emergency ; 
therefore, 

Resolved,  That  all  sums  hereafter  received  be  returned  to  their  respective 
donors,  with  grateful  acknowledgments. 

Resolved,  That  our  Secretary  be  directed  to  keep  an  account  of  all  such 
donations  so  received  and  returned,  that  the  same  may  hereafter  receive 
proper  recognition. 

Your  committee  would  here  state  that  donations  from  Lodges  of  the  Order 
amounting  to  some  two  thousand  dollars  were  made  direct  to  some  of  the 
suffering  Lodges,  or  else  sent  to  the  General  Relief  Committee  of  the  city  of 
Chicago  ;  consequently,  these  benefactions  do  not  appear  on  the  books  of  the 
Relief  Committee  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 

A  careful  inspection  of  the  books  of  the  Superintendent  of  Supplies  shows 
the  following  : 

In  the  month  of  October,  1871,  there  were  1,617  applications  by  7,904 
persons. 

Daily  average  of  applications  

"  "  "  persons  relieved 
Average  persons  in  family  

NOVEMBER,  187I. 

i»357  applications  by  6,970  persons 

Daily  average  of  applications  ..-  

"         "       "  persons  relieved  __   

Average  persons  in  family  

DECEMBER,  1871 

1,024  applications  by  5,107  persons. 

Daily  average  of  applications   — 

"  "  persons  relieved  

Average  persons  in  family   

JANUARY,  1872 

735  applications  by  3,672^persons. 

Daily  average  of  applications  

"         *•       "  persons  relieved...  

Average  persons  in  family  


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204  jV 
4iHi 


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FEBRUARY,   1 872, 

628  applications  by  3,207  persons. 

Daily  average  of  applications   25 

"         "       "  persons  relieved     ^^^^V 

Average  persons  in  family..    SitW 

MARCH,  1872, 
412  applications  by  2,052  persons. 

Daily  average  of  applications  

"         "       "  persons  relieved   78_2_4_ 

Average  persons  in  family      ^T^T 

RECAPITULATION. 

Total  applications   5773 

"     number  of  persons  relieved    28912 

Average  number  per  day  of  persons    -  i96L|-0. 

"           "        "     "    "   applications    39x^:fV 

to  a  family    5g^  j  ^ 

Number  of  different  persons  regularly  relieved   3220 

"      "       "            "      relieved     5000 


The  following  resolution  relative  to  funds  still  on  hand,  presented  by 
A.  S.  Barry,  P.  G.  M,,  of  Illinois,  was  unanimously  adopted  by  this  Auditing 
Committee  : 

9 

Resolvedy  That  the  getieral  relief  work  of  the  committee  at  Chicago,  be 
closed  from  this  date,  and  the  balance  of  the  funds  in  the  hands  of  the  com- 
mittee be  transferred  to  a  special  relief  fund,  to  be  in  charge  of  the  same 
committee,  under  the  supervision  of  the  Most  Worthy  Grand  Master  of 
Illinois  ;  and  reposing  the  utmost  confidence  in  the  integrity  of  the  com- 
mittee, and  the  zeal  and  ability  displayed  by  them  in  the  discharge  of  the 
trust  heretofore  confided  to  them,  we  direct  that  they  expend  the  same  upon 
■  special  objects  of  relief  which  now  are  or  may  hereafter  be  under  their 
charge,  making  report  of  their  doings  to  the  Most  Worthy  Grand  Master  of 
Illinois. 

A  careful  review  of  the  entire  work  of  the  Relief  Committee  shows  a  large 
amount  of  responsibility  assumed  and  a  vast  amount  of  toilsome  labor  per- 
formed, for  which  no  greater  recompense  can  be  awarded  than  the 
consciousness  of  having  been  able  to  relieve  the  pressing  wants  and  suffering 
of  their  brethren  and  families. 

Your  committee  are  constrained  here  to  acknowledge  the  services  of 
yourself,  so  faithfully  performed,  as  evidenced  by  the  books  and  correspond- 
ence examined  by  them. 


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The  following  resolutions,  offered  by  L.  B.  Hills,  R.  W.  G.  Secretary,  of 
Wisconsin,  were  adopted  by  this  committee  : 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Order  at  large  are  due  and  are  hereby 
extended  to  P.  G.  Masters  J.  Ward  Ellis  and  John  G.  Rogers,  and  E.  B. 
Sherman,  P.  G.,  "  The  Chicago  Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F.,"  for  their 
faithful  devotion  to  the  principles  of  our  Order  and  the  self-sacrifice  shown 
by  them  in  carrying  out  the  mandate  of  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois, 
in  their  work  of  "  relieving  the  distressed." 

Resohjed,  That  to  Richard  H.  Jordan,  P.  D.  G.  M.,  Superintendent  of 
Supplies,  and  to  A,  T.  Sherman,  P.  G.,  Book-keeper  of  the  Relief  Committee, 
are  given  the  thanks  of  the  Order  and  the  commendation  of  this  Auditing 
Committee,  for  their  diligence,  courtesy,  and  distinguished  ability  in  the  per- 
formance of  their  exacting  and  often  perplexing  duties. 

The  undersigned,  having  discharged,  to  the  best  of  their  ability,  the  duty 
assigned  them  under  your  commission,  beg  to  acknowledge  the  honor  you 
have  conferred  and  the  confidence  you  have  shown  in  selecting  them  for  so 
responsible  a  position,  and  trust  that  their  labors  may  prove  satisfactory  to 
all  concerned.  Fraternally  yours. 


I.  O.  O.  F. 

[g.l.seal]       Office  of  the  M.  W.  G.  M.,  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois, 

Galena,  Illinois,  May  8,  1872, 


Dear  Brothers  :  Your  request  for  the  appointment  of  Auditing  Boards  by 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Sire  and  myself,  to  examine  the  method  of  distribution, 
audit  the  books,  accounts,  vouchers,  receipts  and  expenditures  of  your  com- 
mittee, has  received  my  careful  consideration.  On  consultation  with  the 
Grand  Sire  it  was  deemed  unnecessary  to  comply  fully  with  your  request  ; 
but,  with  his  sanction,  I  appointed  an  Auditing  Board  composed  of  eminent 
brothers  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  U.  S.  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois, 
with  instructions  to  examine  and  report  to  me,  which  duty  they  have  per- 
formed, and  you  will  find  herewith  a  copy  of  their  report,  which,  with  your 
letter  and  this  answer,  you  are  requested  to  publish  for  the  information  of  the 
fraternity. 


Thomas  Underwood,  P.  G.  M.  and  P.  G.  R.  of  Ind.,  ^  ^ 

Chairman.  \ 

Samuel  Willard,  P.  G.  .R.  and  P.  G.  Sec.  of  Illinois,  B-i 


Secretary.  0^ 


L.  B.  Hills,  R.  W.  G.  Sec.  and  P.  G.  R.  of  Wisconsin,  \  ^ 
Thomas  B.  Needles,  P.  G.  M.  and  G.  R.  of  Illinois.  | 
A.  S.  Barry,  R.  W.  G.  T.  and  P.  G.  R.       "       "  I 


Louis  Furst,  P.  G.  P.  and  P.  G.  R. 
John  P.  Foss,  P.  G.  R. 


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I  can  not  permit  this  opportunity  to  pass  without  congratulating  you  upon 
the  very  satisfactory  manner  in  which  you  have  performed  the  arduous  duty 
imposed  upon  you  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  During  the  long  and 
dreary  winter,  you  have  toiled  night  and  day  to  relieve  the  suffering  Odd 
Fellows  and  their  families.  Your  work  has  been  done  promptly,  fearlessly 
faithfully  and  correctly,  and  without  favor  or  partiality.  You  have  counted 
no  sacrifice  too  great,  no  labor  too  exhausting,  but  have  displayed  energy, 
fortitude  and  ability  equal  to  the  terrible  emergency  which  called  for  your 
appointment.  I  am  pleased  to  be  able  to  assure  you  that  the  report  of  the 
Auditing  Board  and  my  own  sentiments  accord  fully  with  the  views  of  the 
many  eminent  brothers  who  have  visited  your  city  during  the  winter  and 
witnessed  your  admirable  method  of  distributing  the  benefactions  committed 
to  your  trust.  I  know  the  M.  W.  Grand  vSire,  were  he  present,  would 
cordially  unite  with  me  in  tendering  you  the  grateful  thanks  of  this  great 
brotherhood,  and  in  assuring  you  of  their  high  appreciation  of  your  sacrifices 
for  the  interests  of  humanity.  The  fervent  blessings  of  the  destitute 
brother  and  his  family,  the  widow  and  the  orphan,  whose  desolate  homes  you 
have  brightened,  and  whose  sorrowing  hearts  you  have  cheered,  will  be  a  rich 
heritage,  and  will  be  more  enduring  than  resolutions,  memorials,  or 
monuments. 

My  own  intimate  connection  with  and  thorough  knowledge  of  the  details 
of  your  work,  my  frequent  visitations  and  almost  daily  communication  with 
you,  authorize  and  enable  me  to  say  that  all  your  acts  have  met  my  most 
cordial  approval,  as  does  this  report  of  the  Auditing  Board. 

Friendship,  cemented  by  the  labor  of  charity,  is  as  enduring  as  time. 
vSuch  will  be  ours.        .  Truly  and  fraternally  yours, 

'  J.  C.  Smith,  Grand  Master. 

Prior  to  the  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  Oct. 
8,  1872,  and  in  preparation  for  a  report  to  that  body,  a 
further  auditing  was  had,  as  shown  by  the  following 
letters.  The  special  relief  was  such  as  had  been  contem- 
plated in  the  resolutions  of  the  Auditing  Committee  of 
May  6,  to  aged,  sick  or  infirm  brothers  with  large  families, 
destitute  widows,  and  in  similar  cases  of  actual  need. 

Rooms  RdiiEF  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  [ 
Chicago,  Oc^.  3d,  1872.  \ 

J.  C.  Smith,  Esq.,  M.  W.  G.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F. 

Pursuant  to  a  resolution  adopted  by  the  Auditing  Committee  which  was 
appointed  by  you,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  M.W.  Grand  Sire  G.  L.  U.  S. 


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to  examine  the  books,  accounts,  vouchers,  methods,  etc.,  of  our  commit- 
tee, in  and  by  which  resolution  we  were  directed  to  transfer  the  unexpended 
portion  of  the  funds  then  in  our  hands  to  a  special  relief  fund,  to  be  by  us 
expended  in  special  relief,  and  furthermore  were  directed  to  make  report  of 
our  doings  in  the  matter  to  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  of  Illinois, — we  beg 
leave  to  report  to  you  our  doings  in  the  premises  since  May  6th,  1872. 

Transferred  to  special  fund  May  6th,  1872   $10,170  14 

Received  on  loan  and  donation  account  since   470  50 

$10,640  64 

Expended  in  special  relief    ..      6,846  34 

Balance  now  on  hand       $3,794  30 

We  also  request  you  to  visit  us  and  carefully  examine  our  books,  accounts, 
vouchers,  and  applications,  as  soon  as  you  can  conveniently  do  so. 

Yours,  fraternally 

J.  Ward  Ellis,  )  Relief  Com. 
John  G.  Rogers,  [■  I.  O.  O.  F., 
E.  B.  Sherman,    )  of  Chicago. 


I.  O.  O.  F.  ) 

[g.l.seal]       Office  of  the  M.W.G.M.,  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois.  V 
Galena,  III.,  October  5,  1872.  ) 
T.  Ward  Ellis,     )r)Tr/-      ^  r\  x? 
John  G.  Rogers,  \  Relief  Com.  I.  O.  O.  F., 

E.  B.  Sherman,  ( 

In  accordance  with  your  ra:juest,  and  in  fulfillment  of  the  duty  imposed 
upon  me  by  the  Auditing  Committee,  referred  to  in  your  communication,  I 
have  this  day  examined  the  books,  accounts,  vouchers,  and  applications  for 
special  relief,  since  May  6th,  1872,  and  have  found  the  same  to  be  correct  in 
all  particulars. 

Furthermore,  on  careful  investigation  and  inquiry,  I  heartily  indorse  and 
approve  your  action  in  all  these  cases,  many  of  which  were  in  fact  referred 
to  and  approved  by  me  before  being  acted  upon  by  your  committee. 

No  words  of  mine  can  add  anything  to  the  general  meed  of  just  praise 
accorded  you  by  the  fraternity  everywhere,  and  by  the  press  of  your  city,  for 
your  untiring  assiduity  in  the  discharge  of  the  arduous  duties  imposed  upon 
you.  My  own  official  relations  with  the  Relief  Committee  have  been  of  such 
a  nature,  and  my  knowledge  of  vpur  labors  so  thorough,  as  to  call  forth  my 
unqualified  approval  of  your  eveiy  act, — to  cement  in  a  bond  of  union  never 
to  be  broken  the  friendship  begun  in  years  gone  by  ;  and  it  is  my  earnest 
desire  that  the  R.  W.  G.  L.  of  Illinois  place  upon  an  imperishable  tablet  the 
names  of  the  Chicago  Relief  Committee,  whose  noble  example  we  all  would 
do  well  to  emulate. 


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And  now,  in  closing  our  official  relations,  it  is  my  earnest  prayer  that  the 
blessings  of  Heaven  and  the  commendation  of  all  men  who  recognize  and 
appreciate  true  merit  and  sterling  integrity  may  be  ever  yours. 

Truly  and  fraternally, 
•  J.  C.  Smith,  Grand  Master. 

At  the  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  for  1872, 
Bro.  Smith,  G.  M.,  presented  the  relief  work  in  his 
report ;  and  the  committee  reported  upon  their  work  at 
length,  giving  a  synopsis  of  the  contributions,  with  a 
detailed  statement  of  receipts  from  Illinois.  The  Grand 
Master's  report  and  that  of  the  committee  were  sent  to  a 
special  committee,  who  reported  as  follows,  the  report 
being  adopted  unanimously  by  a  standing  vote. 

To  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  Illinois  : 

Your  special  committee  to  whom  was  referred  so  much  of  the  Report  of 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  as  refers  to  the  subject  of  Chicago  Relief,  and 
also  the  Report  of  your  special  Committee  of  Relief,  would  respectfully 
submit  the  following  : 

Since  all  the  duties  pertaining  to  the  relief  of  the  brothers  in  distress  have 
been  so  faithfully  performed,  and  the  magnitude  of  the  work  committed  to 
their  charggf  has  been  so  clearly  portrayed  by  their  report,  but  little  is  left  for 
us  to  review.  Never  in  the  history  of  our  organization,  or  of  those  of  a  simi_ 
lar  character,  have  any  been  called  upon  to  administer  a  charity  so  vast  in  its 
extent,  or  so  intricate  in  its  details :  fortunate,  thrice  fortunate,  was  this 
Grand  Lodge  in  the  selection  of  a  committee  able  at  once  to  comprehend 
clearly  the  extraordinary'  demands  of  the  hour,  and  to  devise  the  most  simple, 
yet  effective  means  of  meeting  the  terrible  exigency,  and  possessing  the  execu- 
tive ability  requisite  for  the  occasion. 

Your  Relief  Committee  displayed  a  zeal  commensurate  to  the  task  assigned 
them,  and  with  patient  fidelity  and  unswerving  impartiality  has  discharged 
the  most  onerous  and  important  duty  ever  imposed  upon  any  committee  by 
this  Grand  Lodge,  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  or  by  the 
Brotherhood  at  large.  They  report  their  entire  work  done  in  council  with 
and  under  advisement  of  our  ^L  W.  Grand  Master,  who  is  not  only  compe- 
tent to  plan,  but  able  to  execute  "  Sweet  Charity's  behests."  During  the 
entire  existence  and  work  of  this  committee,  the  counsel  and  advice  of 
the  M.  W.  Grand  Sire  and  R.  W.  Grand  Corresponding  and  Recording  Sec- 
retary of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  and  indeed  of  all  who  stand 
first  and  foremost  in  Odd-Fellowship,  have  been  sought  and  freely  given. 


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It  cannot  be  deemed  invidious  for  us  to  make  mention  of  the  fact  that  two 
members  of  the  Chicago  Relief  Committee  have,  since  the  "  Great  Fire,"  at 
the  sacrifice  of  their  professional  business  and  to  the  great  detriment  of  their 
private  interests,  devoted  their  entire  time  and  energies  to  this  the  greatest  of 
the  world's  charities.  This  Grand  Lodge  cannot  fully  appreciate  or  repay 
the  obligation  thus  incurred  :  only  in  the  heartfelt  thanks  of  the  thousands 
relieved  from  want,  in  the  boundless  gratitude  of  the  suffering  and  needy, 
and  in  the  consciousness,  before  God  and  man,  of  duty  well  done,  can  the 
Chicago  Relief  Committee  be  compensated  for  their  self-sacrificing  toil. 

As  a  slight  token  of  the  appreciation  of  this  Grand  Lodge  of  the  work  per- 
formed by  that  committee,  and  by  R.  H.  Jordan,  P.  D.  G.  M.,  and  A.  T. 
Sherman,  Grand  Conductor,  whose  services  under  the  direction  of  this  com- 
mittee are  gratefully  recognized,  and  by  J.  C.  Smith,  M.  W.  Grand  Master, 
and  the  eminent  brothers  composing  the  Auditing  Board,  this  committee 
would  i-ecommend  the  adoption  of  the  subjoined  complimentary  resolutions, 
and  that,  being  suitably  engrossed  and  framed,  a  copy  thereof  be  forwarded 
to  each  of  the  Chicago  Relief  Committee,  to  J.  C.  Smith,  M.  W.  Grand  Mas- 
ter of  Illinois,  to  R.  H.  Jordan,  P.  D.  G.  M.,  and  A.  T.  Sherman,  Grand  Con- 
ductor, and  to  each  of  the  distinguished  brothers  who,  under  the  advice  of 
M.  W.  Grand  Sire  and  in  accordance  with  the  commission  of  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Master  of  Illinois,  acted  as  /Auditing  Committee  upon  the  whole 
work  of  Relief. 

Your  committee  most  heartily  indorse  the  publication  of  the  proposed 
"  Memorial  Work,"  which,  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  M.  W.  Grand  Sire, 
F.  D.  Stuart,  R.  W.  Grand  Corresponding  and  Recording  Secretary,  James 
L.  Ridgely,  and  other  eminent  brothers,  the  committee  have  consented  to 
undertake. 

Resolved,  That  the  membership  of  the  Order  at  large  in  the  State  of  Illi- 
nois, through  its  Grand  Loage  in  annual  session  assembled,  hereby  returns 
most  grateful  acknowledgments  to  this  great  Brotherhood  wherever  located, 
for  the  prompt  and  substantial  tokens  of  sympathy  contributed  by  them  for 
the  relief  of  our  distressed  brothers  at  Chicago,  overwhelmed  by  the  great 
calamity  which  befel  them  on  the  8th  and  9th  of  October,  1871,  thus  furnish- 
ing this  Grand  Lodge,  through  its  appropriate  committee,  with  abundant 
resources  with  which  to  illustrate  practically  the  great  charity  of  our  Order. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Grand  Body  are  due,  and  with  an  Odd- 
Fellows'  greeting  are  hereby  extended,  to  F.  D.  Stuart,  M.  W.  Grand  Sire, 
James  L.  Ridgely,  R.  W.  Grand  Corresponding  and  Recording  Secretary, 
and  the  members  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States  generally,  for  the 
valuable  counsel  and  advice  given  to  your  Relief  Committee,  and  also  for 
their  active  co-operation  through  their  various  Grand  and  Subordinate  Lodges 
in  furtherance  of  this  mission  of  mercy. 

Resolved,  That  to  the  various  Grand  and  Subordinate  Lodges  and  their 
committees,  of  this  and  other  jurisdictions,  who  vied  with  each  other  in  the 
extent  of  their  contributions,  and  in  personal  attention  in  furnishing  supplies 


Relief  Commi  j  tee,  I.  ().  O.  F. 


8i 


of  food  and  clothing  when  most  needed,  we  acknowledge  our  indebtedness, 
and  assure  them  that  their  magnificent  exemplification  of  the  sublime  injunc- 
tions of  our  Order  will  be  ever  gratefully  remembered. 

Resolved,  That  to  J.  Ward  Ellis,  P.  G.  M.,  John  G.  Rogers,  P.  (i.  M.,  and 
E.  B.  Sherman,  P.  G. — the  "  Chicago  Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F." — are 
eminently  due  the  warmest  commendations  of  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois,  for  the  zeal,  ability  and  integrity  displayed  by  them  in  the  discharge 
of  the  sacred  trust  committed  to  them  as  almoners  of  the  glorious  beneficence 
of  the  fraternity,  and  this  Grand  Body  bids  them  remember  that,  in  all  time 
to  come,they  will  not  only  possess  the  cheering  consciousness  of  duty  well 
performed,  but  will  receive  the  fervent  gratitude  of  those  to  whom  they  have 
ministered,  and  the  lasting  esteem  of  all  who  recognize  and  applaud  honorable 
deeds. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  are  ten- 
dered to  R.  H.  Jordan,  P.  D.  G,  M.,  to  A.  T.  Sherman,  Gr.  Conductor,  and 
to  the  various  employees  of  the  Chicago  Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  for 
their  diligent  and  courteous  performance  of  the  exacting  duties  assigned 
them  in  the  distribution  of  the  grand  fraternal  charity  of  the  Brotherhood  to 
the  victims  of  the  great  calamity  which  was  visited  upon  Chicago. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  are  espec- 
ially due  and  are  hereby  tendered  to  Thomas  Underwood,  P.  G.  M.  and  P. 
G.  Rep.,  of  Indiana  ;  L.  B.  Hills,  R.  W.  Grand  Secretary  and  P.  G.  Rep.,  of 
Wisconsin  ;  Samuel  Willard,  P.  G.  Rep.  and  P.  G.  Secretary,  of  Illinois  ; 
Thomas  B.  Needles,  P.  G.  M.  and  G.  Rep.,  of  Illinois  ;  A.  S.  Barry,  R.  W. 
G.  T.  and  P.  G.  Rep.,  of  Illinois  ;  Louis  Furst,  P.  G.  P.  and  P.  G.  Rep.,  of 
Illinois  ;  John  P.  Foss,  P.  G.  Rep.,  of  Illinois  ;  who,  at  the  suggestion  of  the 
M.  W.  Granft  Sire  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  and  in  accord- 
ance with  the  commission  issued  by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  of  Illinois, 
performed  the  delicate  and  responsible  duty  of  examining  the  work  and  aud- 
iting the  accounts  of  the  "  Chicago  Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O,  F.,"  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  the  vast  Brotherhood  in  whose  behalf  they  served, 
thereby  adding  to  the  dignity  of  this  Grand  Charity  the  lustre  of  their  emi- 
nent personal  worth. 

Resolved,  That  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  gratefully  recognize  the  valuable 
aid  rendered  during  the  past  winter  to  the  "  Chicago  Relief  Committee,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,"  by  J.  C.  Smith,  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  by  his  frequent  visits  to  and 
his  judicious  counsels  and  constant  co-operation  with  them,  in  the  discharge 
of  their  delicate  and  arduous  duties  ;  and  that  for  this  conspicuous  fidelity  to 
his  obligations,  this  illustrious  exemplification  of  the  true  spirit  of  Odd-Fel- 
lowship, he  will  ever  be  held  in  loving  and  honorable  esteem  by  every  mem- 


,  ber  of  this  Grand  Body. 


Respectfully  submitted. 


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A.  S.  Barry,  ] 
J.  F.  Alexander,  | 
M.  C.  Fames,  \ 
L.  Gollhardt,  I 
Joe.  E.  Conklin,  J 


Committee. 


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The  following  extract  from  the  Journal  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  the  United  States  for  1872,  expresses  the  views 
and  sentiments  entertained  by  that  Grand  Body  upon 
this  subject : 

To  the  R.  W.  Gratid  Lodge  of  the  United  States  : 

The  special  committee,  to  whom  was  referred  that  part  of  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Sire's  Report  that  relates  to  the  Chicago  Fire,  would  respectfully 
report  that  they  heartily  concur  in  the  action  taken  in  the  matter  by  the 
M.  W.  Grand  Sire,  and  would,  therefore,  recommend  the  following: 

Resolved,  That  this  R.  W.  Grand  Body  view  s  with  pride  and  gratification 
the  magnificent  exemplification  of  the  principles  of  Odd  Fellowship,  as 
given  by  the  entire  brotherhood,  in  the  prompt  and  most  liberal  aid  to  the 
suffering  members  of  our  Order  in  Chicago,  and  that  the  thanks  of  this 
R.  W.  Grand  Body  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  tendered  to  the  Grand  Lodges 
and  Enca;mpments,  Subordinate  Lodges  and  Encampments,  and  individual 
members,  who  so  nobly  contributed  their  funds  for  their  relief. 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  R.  W.  Grand  Body  be,  and  they  are 
hereby,  tendered  to  J.  Ward  Ellis,  G.  R.  ;  E.  B.  Sherman,  P,  G.  ;  and  John 
G.  Rogers,  P.  G.  M.,  the  committee  appointed  for  the  distribution  of  funis 
and  other  contributions,  for  the  efficient  manner  in  which  they  discharged 
that  duty.  Also,  to  John  C.  Smith,  M.  W.  G.  M.,  and  the  officers  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  for  the  very  efficient  services  rendered  by  them  for 
the  relief  of  the  suffering  members  of  the  Order. 


The  remainder  of  the  funds  having  been  distributed 
according  to  resolutions  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  the  com- 
mittee requested  J.  C.  Smith,  P.  G.  M.,  who  had  been 
authorized  thereto  by  Hon.  F.  Bross,  M.  W.  G.  M.,  to 
make  a  final  examination  of  the  books,  vouchers,  etc.,  and 
to  audit  the  accounts  of  the  committee.  The  following 
correspondence  fully  explains  itself,  and  concludes  the 
history  of  the  distribution  of  this  grand  fraternal  charity. 


Wm.  H.  Foulk, 
Charles  N.  Hickok, 
J.  H.  Baker. 


)-  Committee. 


Erie  J.  Leech, 
John  Medole, 


Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  ().  F. 


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I.  O.  O.  F.  J 

Office  OF  the  M.  W.  G.  M.,  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  [• 
Cairo,  III.,  November  i,  1872.  ) 

Gen.  J.  C.  Smith,  P.  G.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Galena,  111. 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Whereas,  according  to  the  report  of  the  Relief 
Committee  of  Chicago,  made  by  them  at  the  last  session  of  R.  W.  G.  L.,  of 
Illinois,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  a  certain  amount  of  funds  remain  unexpended  in  their 
hands  ;  and,  whereas,  the  G.  L.  ordered  such  funds  to  remain  in  their  hands 
to  be  expended  by  them,  under  the  supervision  of  the  G.  M.,  and  you  being 
fully  acquainted  with  that  arduous  task  performed  by  the  above  said  com- 
mittee under  your  administration,  I  therefore  hereby  appoint  you  in  my 
place  and  stead  to  supervise  the  expending  of  the  funds  on  hand  by  the 
above  said  committee,  and  favor  me  with  a  report  of  your  acts  and  doings  in 
the  premises  before  the  next  session  of  the  G.  L.,  and  oblige. 

P>aternally  yours,  F.  Bross,  G.  M. 


Chicago,  March  i,  1873. 

J.  C.  Smith,  P.  G.  M.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Galena. 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother  :  Having  been  notified  by  Hon.  F.  Bross,  M.  W 
G.  M.,  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  that  he  had  commissioned  you  to  con- 
tinue the  supervision  of  the  work  of  our  committee,  until  the  conclusion  of 
our  labors,  and  having  now  closed  our  work,  we  request  you,  at  your  earliest 
convenience,  to  examine  our  books,  accounts,  vouchers,  etc.,  to  date. 
■  ^  Yours  fraternally, 

J.  Ward  Ellis,  J 

John  G.  Rogers,  \  Relief  Com.,  I.  O.  O.  F. 
"E.  B.  Sherman,  ) 


I.  O.  O.  F.  J 

Office  of  J.  C.  Smith,  P.  G.  M.,  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  [■ 

Galena,  April  4,  1873.  ) 

Hon.  Fredolin  Bross,  M.  W.  G.  iM.,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Cairo,  III. 

Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Pursuant  to  your  commission,  I  have  continued 
the  supervision  of  the  distribution  of  the  funds  remaining  in  the  hands  of 
the  Chicago  Relief  Committee  at  the  last  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois,  and  at  the  close  of  such  distribution,  upon  notice  thereof,  and  at  the 
request  of  said  committee,  I  proceeded  to  Chicago,  and  made  a  careful 
examination  of  the  books,  accounts,  vouchers,  and  papers  of  the  committee, 
and  from  such  supervision  and  examination  I  have  the  honor  to  submit  the 
following  final  statement,  compiled  from  their  books  : 


$4  Report  of  t^e  Chicago 


By  cash  on  hand  at  last  report   $3-794  30 

Amount  special  fund  book  account   $5,ooo  oo 

To  paid  Boston  relief    $i,ooo  oo 

"    "     Foreign  relief  and  Cemetery  Corn's  1,500  00 

"    "     Printing  10,000  copies  Report  2,475  00 

  4,975  00 

By  balance  transferred  to  general  account   25  00 

Total     $3,819  30 

To  paid  expense  account,  postage,  etc.,  etc   754  30 

To  expended  in  special  relief  as  per  vouchers 

on  file   3,065  00 


 ^3,6ig  30 

I  further  report  that  I  found  their  books,  accounts,  and  vouchers  full  and 
correct  in  all  particulars,  and  that  I  fully  approve  all  their  acts  in  the 
premises. 

It  is  needless  to  reiterate  what  I  have  before  said  in  my  report  to  the  Right 
Worthy  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  in  commendation  of  the  eminent  brothers 
who  compose  that  committee  ;  indeed,  any  words  of  eulogy  I  might  here 
employ  could  scarcely  add  to  the  deserved  meed  of  praise  accorded  them  by 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  the  G.  L.  U.  S.,  the  many  distinguished  brothers 
from  this  and  other  jurisdictions  who  have  visited  them,  and  the  fraternity  at 
large.  I  should,  however,  do  violence  to  my  own  feelings,  and  fail  in  justice 
to  that  committee,  did  I  not  repeat  that  in  the  discharge  of  the  delicate  trust 
confided  to  them,  the  committee  have  consulted  with  me  so  frequently  before 
making  such  distribution  that  I  may  truly  say  that  nearly  all  their  acts  have 
had  my  cordial  approval  before  they  were  consummated. 

In  closing  my  official  connection  with  the  Chicago  Relief  Committee,  I 
desire  to  add  that  nothing  could  induce  me  again  to  undertake  the  exhausting 
labors  of  the  past  two  years,  unless  in  a  similar  emergency  I  might  hope  to 
be  associated  with  a  committee  of  brethren  who  would  prove  themselves  as 
worthy  of  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  the  entire  brotherhood  as  have 
P.  G.  Masters,  J.  Ward  Ellis  and  John  G.  Rogers,  and  E.  B.  Sherman,  P.  G. 

Thanking  you  for  the  honor  conferred,  I  am, 

Fraternally  yours, 

J.  C.  Smith,  P.  G.  M.,  G.  R. 


I.  O.  O.  F.  ) 

Office  of  the  M.  W.  G.  M.,  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  V 
Cairo,  III.,  A/>n7  6,  1S73.  ) 

J.  C.  Smith,  P.  G.  M..  Galena,  III. 

Dear  Friend  and  Brother  :  Yours  of  the  4th  instant,  enclosing  final 
report  and  closing  up  of  all  work  committed  to  the  Chicago  Relief  Com- 
mittee, came  duly  to  hand.    In  my  own  name  and  on  behalf  of  the  Grand 


Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


Lodge  of  Illinois,  1  tender  you  heartfelt  thanks  for  your  sacrificing  and 
untiring  devotion  to  our  cause.  Truly  sensible  of  your  arduous  and  long- 
continued  labors  in  this  regard,  I  can  but  congratulate  you  upon  your  intimate 
connection  with  the  ministrations  of  this  magnificent  charity.  A  grand 
opportunity  has  been  nobly  improved,  and  when  the  history  of  our  fraternity 
shall  be  written,  your  name,  linked  with  the  names  of  the  Chicago  Relief 
Committee,  I.  O.  O.       will  be  inscribed  upon  its  brightest  page. 

Fraternally  yours, 

F.  Bross,  Grand  Master. 

Did  space  permit  it  would  be  interesting  to  extract 
largely  from  the  many  letters  received  by  the  committee  ; 
containing,  as  they  do,  the  most  exalted  sentiments  of 
humanity  and  the  tender  est  words  of  sympathy.  We 
can  give  but  a  single  extract  from  the  eloquent  and  touch- 
ing words  of  Bro.  James  L.  Ridgely : 

Baltimore,  October  28///,  1871. 

E.  B.  Sherman,  Esq. 

My  Dear  Brother  : — Words  of  condolence  and  sympathy  with  your  people 
and  our  brethren,  in  view  of  their  unparalleled  visitation  and  terrific  trial,  at 
this  time  of  day  would  be  no  less  ungracious  than  out  of  season  ;  it  is  the 
time  of  day  for  practical  demonstration.  And  to  that  work  we  have  been 
assiduously  ^voted  in  this  city.  Everybody,  I  venture  to  say,  has  felt  the 
power  of  duty  and  the  spirit  of  fraternity  to  be  irresistible  as  well  as  sponta- 
neous. All  have  responded  nobly,  some  magnificently,  and  the  influence  has 
been  so  universal  and  diffusive,  wherever  civilization  and  Christianity  prevail 
throughout  the  earth,  that  the  oftering  assumes  the  form  of  a  grand  apotheo- 
sis, symbolizing  "  humanity  "  as  it  was  created  in  the  image  of  God.  Never 
before,  in  the  history  of  the  race,  have  such  divine  fruits  been  born  of  the 
human  heart ;  and  well  may  we,  as  Odd  Fellows,  rejoice  that  in  the  beauty 
and  loveliness  of  the  development  we  contemplate  the  spirit  of  fraternity  as 
taught  by  us. 

True  it  is  that  this  element  owes  its  vigor  and  refinement  to  the  chasten- 
ing influences  and  guidance  of  Christianity  ;  yet  it  cannot  be  gainsaid  or 
denied  that  our  principles  educate  the  heart  in  beautiful  sympathy  and  fellow- 
ship with  the  teachings  of  the  Master.  But,  my  dear  brother,  I  weary  you 
with  indiff"erent  considerations  in  the  midst  of  your  tribulation.  To  tell  you 
that  Our  hearts  were  sorely  afflicted  and  bowed  at  your  sufferings  and  the  des- 
olation which  wasted  your  Queen  City,  and  agonized  your  people,  and  seemed 
at  one  time  to  doom  them  to  annihilation,  would  but  feebly  convey  the  uni- 
versal prostration  and  paralysis  whirh  prevailed  from  time  to  time  in  this 


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country,  as  the  winged  messenger  scattered  the  awful  intelligence,  from  hour 
to  hour,  during  the  Monday  and  Tuesday  succeeding  the  inception  of  the 
calamity.  In  truth,  no  words  could  even  approximately  describe  the  panic 
which  bewildered  and  staggered  the  general  mind.  It  is  honorable,  beyond 
expression,  to  contemplate  the  rapidity  of  the  reaction  of  that  mind  after  the 
paroxysm  had  passed,  and  the  sweet  community  of  heart  and  soul  which 
constrained  all  classes  and  conditions  of  society  "  to  weary  not  in  well  doing." 
Of  course,  the  first  consideration  was  to  relieve  and  succor  the  suffering,  irre- 
spective of  its  subjects.  Odd  Fellows,  under  this  grand  natural  impulse,  did 
their  best  as  citizens.  This  done,  their  duty  and  obligations  as  brethren 
supervened  ;  and  in  this  sphere,  God  be  praised,  have  they  measured  up  to 
the  standards  of  our  beloved  Order.  Nor  have  many  of  them  stopped  here. 
But,  my  brother,  what  is  all  this  along-side  of  the  terrific  and  overshadowing 
night  of  your  desolation  ?  Comparatively  nothing  ;  not  more  than  the  tiny, 
though  beautiful  globule,  which  kisses  the  opening  petals  of  the  morning 
flower,  in  contrast  with  the  ocean  waters.  True  as  this  relative  compensation 
may  be  regarded  in  a  material  aspect,  and  dwarfed  into  insignificance  as  a 
substantive  offering,  under  a  sorrow  which  is  without  a  parallel  in  our  country, 
yet  it  is  grateful  to  contemplate,  as  the  gushing  tear  of  a  nation  shed  in  vindi- 
cation of  the  truth  of  human  brotherhood.  May  God  commend  the  moral 
which  the  sad  experience  and  its  incidents  have  supplied  to  the  whole  world  ; 
and  may  nations  and  peoples  everywhere  realize  that  "the  Lord  our  God 
reigneth,  and  that  there  is  none  beside  him." 

Brothers !  The  burden  placed  upon  us  as  almoners  of 
your  fraternal  bounty,  was  one  entailing  incessant  toil  and 
harrowing  care.  Aware  of  the  delicate  and  difficult  trust 
committed  to  our  hands,  we  accepted  it  with  reluctance  ; 
we  surrender  it  with  a  satisfaction  and  a  gladness  born  of 
a  thorough  appreciation  of  its  arduous  responsibilities. 

But  we  can  never  forget  how  grandly  the  fraternity 
everywhere  responded  to  the  signal  of  distress.  They 
counted  the  electric  flash  too  slow  to  bear  us  their 
precious  sympathy  I  They  vied  with  each  other  in  the 
promptness  and  abundance  of  their  offerings  of  love.  Yet 
in  all  this  there  was  no  hurry,  no  clamor,  no  waste  ;  but  a 
clear  comprehension  of  the  circumstances,  and  an  instan- 
taneous adoption  of  the  best  methods  of  meeting  the 
terrible  emergency.    Odd  Fellowship  has  passed  through 


Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


this  trying  ordeal  triumpliantly,  and  her  fair  brow  is  to- 
day crowned  with  fresh  laurels  and  radiant  with  a  brigliter 
halo  of  glory. 

Reverently  and  truthfully  it  may  adopt  the  language  of 
the  grand  Patriarch  of  old,  when  in  his  conscious  integrity, 
he  declared  :  When  the  ear  heard  me,  then  it  blessed 
me  ;  and  when  the  eye  saw  me,  it  gave  witness  to  me  : 
because  I  delivered  the  poor  that  cried,  and  the  fatherless, 
and  him  that  had  none  to  help.  I  was  eyes  to  the 
blind,  and  feet  was  I  to  the  lame.  The  blessing  of  him 
that  was  ready  to  perish  came  upon  me  :  and  I  caused  the 
widow's  heart  to  sing  for  joy.'"  And,  as  God  placed  upon 
tile  brow  of  his  faithful  servant  the  crown  of  his  royal 
approbation,  so  may  we  confidently  hope  for  the  divine 
benediction  to  rest  upon  our  Order,  inspired  to  deeds  of 
sucli  divine  beneficence  :  for 

"  God  blesses  still  the  generous  thought, 
And  still  the  fitting  word  He  speeds, 
And  Truth  at  His  requiring  taught, 
'  He  quickens  into  deeds." 

To  every  jurisdiction,  to  every  lodge,  to  every  brother, 
whose  heavenly  charity  we  were  commissioned  to  bear  to 
those  in  sorrow  and  distress,  we  return  the  grateful 
thanks  of  those  who  were  recipients  of  your  offerings  of 
love.  May  the  Infinite  and  loving  Father  preserve  you 
from  ever  draining  the  bitter  chalice  which  was  pressed  to 
so  many  lips. 

But  should  you  ever  drink  that  cup  of  sorrow,  may 
Heaven  grant  you  the  rich  compensation  of  a  like  mani- 
festation of  Fraternal  Love.  Mere  words  can  pav  no 
fitting  tribute  to  tliis  magnificent  exhibition  of  tlie 
divine  grace  of  Charity.    Had  we  the  gift  of  poesy  we 


88 


Report  of  the  Chicago 


would  marry  it  to  flowing,  verbal  music,  and  both  should 
become  immortal. 

Charity !  O  !  never-failing  theme,  fresh  and  exhaust- 
less  !  Sea  of  good  unfathomable !  Spring  of  sweet 
delight,  bubbling  up  forever  !  Fountain  whence  flow  all 
the  gentle  courtesies  of  life  !  Offspring  of  divine  Love  I 
Twin  sister  of  Piety  !  Efflorescence  of  Virtue  !  Potent 
Goddess,  thy  home  is  in  Heaven  !  Queen  of  the  Earth, 
with  benign  sway  thou  reignest  I  All  the  virtues  are  thy 
maids  of  honor,  all  the  graces  follow  in  thy  train  I  Thy 
breath  is  redolent  with  fragrant  odors,  and  thy  voice 
sweeter  than  tlie  song  of  birds.  With  eager  step  dost 
thou  follow  the  desolate  track  of  war,  and  minister  with 
gladness  to  the  wounded  and  dying ;  thy  soft  hand  doth 
wipe  the  damp  dews  from  the  brow  of  death,  when 
mother  and  sister  are  far  away,  for  thou  delightest  in  the 
ministry  of  good,  and  with  heavenly  tenderness  earest  for 
^he  widow  and  the  orphan,  and  bindest  up  the  broken 
heart,  and  comfortest  the  bereaved.  Luminous  with  the 
radiance  of  paradise,  thou  dost  drive  away  despair,  and 
with  matchless  enchantment  turnest  into  light  the  deep 
darkness  of  midnight.  Queen  of  Vestals,  we  invoke  thy 
perpetual  benediction.  Touch  the  hearts  of  thy  loyal 
subjects  with  the  holy  flame  which  shall  never  be  extin- 
guished. Consecrate  humanity  to  divinest  uses  ;  upon  its 
sacred  altar  enkindle  the  living  fire  which  shall  burn  until 
the  dross  of  selfishness  shall  be  utterly  consumed.  Sway 
thy  scepter  till  all  mankind  shall  yield  thee  willing 
homage,  and  all  hearts  confess  thee  Queen  of  Heaven  and 
Earth  ! 


THE  LAKESIDE  BUILDING.-Clark  and  Adams  Sis.,  C 


APPENDIX. 

> 


DETAILED  STATEMENT 


OF 

Contributions  Received. 


ALABAMA. 


FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Cypress  

31 

Florence             . . 

$10  00 

ARKANSAS. 


FROM  LODGES. 


N#ME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Grand  Lodge  

12 

Little  Rock   

$100  00 
100  00 
2  CO 

Pike  

Bagnell,  Bro.  J.  0  

Helena  .  _   

g202  00 

CALIFORNIA. 


FROM  LODGES. 


NO. 


San  Francisco  |  3 

Eureka  '  4 

Yuba   5 

Charity  ,  6 

Auburn  ....  7 

El  Dorado  1  8 


LOCATION. 


San  Francisco 
Sacramento  . . 

JNIarysville  

Stockton   

Auburn  

Sacramento  


$200  00 

30  GO 

50  00 

500  00 

25  GO 

200  00 


4 


Appendix. 


CALIFORNIA—  Continued. 


NAME. 


I    NO.  I 


LOCATION. 


AMOUNT. 


Grass  Valley  .  - 

Bros,  of 

Harmony  

Mountain  

Verba  Buena  

Oustomah  

Templar.  

Napa  

Vreka  

Morning  Star  

Tuolumne  

Sierra  

Volcano  

Mountain  Rose  

Sonoma  

Magnolia   . 

Sutter  Creek  

Forest  City  

Hope  -.  

San  Jose  

Los  Angeles  __  

Jackson   

Memento  

Placer.  

Kalmath   

San  Pablo...  

Mokelumne  

Oriental   

Brooklyn  

Bidwell  

Union  

Table  Rock  

lone  ._-  - 

Santa  Clara  .  _  

Santa  Rosa  

Mistletoe  

Minerva  

Polar  Star  

Shasta  

Mount  Horeb  

Oroville   _  _ 

North  Star    


12  I  Grass  Valley. 


13 
14 

15 

16 

17 
18 

19 
20 

21 

24 

25 
26 
28 
29 

3i 
32 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
38 
41 
43 
44 

45 
46 

47 
48 

49 
51 
52 
53 
54 
55 
56 
57 
58 
59 
61 


San  Francisco  

Michigan  Bluff  

San  Francisco  . 

Nevada  City  

San  Francisco  . 

Napa  City  1 

Yreka  .  _   j 

Placerville  -j 

Columbia  . . 

Downieville  , . . 

Volcano  

Rough  and  Ready  

Sonoma  

San  Francisco  _ 

Sutter  Creek  

Forest  City  

Angel's  Camp. .  

San  Jose   

Los  Angeles  

Jackson  

Georgetown  

Iowa  Hill  

Crescent  City  

Vallejo   

Mokelumne  

Marysville  

Red  Dog  

Oroville   

Moore's  Flat  

St.  Louis  

lone  City.  

Santa  Clara   

Santa  Rosa ...  

Alleghany  

Todd's  Valley  

Fair  Play  

Shasta  _  _   

Shaw's  Flat  

Oroville   

Weaverville  


b  100 

00 

77 

00 

100 

OC 

00 

1,000 

00 

00 

1,000 

00 

GO 

32 

50 

130 

50 

100 

00 

SO 

00 

10 

00 

53 

00 

40 

00 

2C50 

00 

60 

00 

so 

00 

2S 

00 

112 

SO 

50 

00 

2S 

J 

00 

III 

00 

10 

00 

2S 

00 

20 

y 

SO 

100 

00 

2qo 

00 

27 

00 

80 

00 

50 

00 

20 

00 

15 

50 

50 

00 

50 

00 

58 

50 

10 

00 

25 

00 

25 

00 

25 

00 

50 

00 

20 

00 

Appendix. 
CALIFORNIA—  Continued. 


5 


LOCATION. 


Granite   -- 

Healdsburg  

La  Fayette  

San  Juan   

Big  Tree   

Bay  City  

Covenant,  Bros,  of  

Franklin  

French  Gulch  

Red  Bluff  

Humboldt   

Suisun  

Telegraph  

Olive  

Vacaville  

Comet   

Anniversary  

Sharon   

Plumas  __.!   

Pajaro   

Cherokee,  Bros,  of  

Crusade   

Four  Creaks  

Branciforte  

Yo  Semite  

Jefferson  

Hornitas,  Bros,  of  

Sutter  

Marion,  Bros,  of  

Scio   

Schiller   

Mineral   

Valley.-  

Bay  View.  

Oso,  Bros,  of  

Woodland   

Abou  Ben  Adhem  

Mission  Peak  

Fort  Jones  

Germania  

Willow  

Apollo  


62 
64 

65 
67 
68 

71 
73 
74 

75 
76 

77 
78 

79 
81 

83 
84 

85 
86 
88 
90 
92 
93 
94 
96 

97 
98 

99 
100 

lOI 

102 

105 
io6 
107 
109 
1 10 
III 
112 
114 

115 
116 
121 
123 


Folsom  

Healdsburg  

La  Grange  

North  San  Juan 

Murphy's  

San  Francisco  . 

Forest  Hill  

Placerville  

French  Gulch  . . 

Red  Bluff  

Eureka  

Suisun   

Fiddletown  

Dutch  Flat  .... 

Vacaville  

Trinity  Centre  , 

Areata  

Vallecito  

Quincy  

Watsonviile  

Cherokee  Flat. . 

Alvarado  

Visalia  

Santa  Cruz  

Big  Oak  Flat.. 
Woodbridge  . . . 

Hornitas  . . 

Wlieatland  

Sawyer's  Bar  

Linden  

Sacramento  

Copperopolis  .  . 

Lincoln  

Redwood  City  . 

Bear  Valley  

Woodland  

San  Francisco  . 
Washington  C'rs 

Fort  Jones  

San  Francisco  . 

Snelling  

San  Francisco  . 


6 


Appendix. 
CALIFORNIA—  Continued 


I  NO. 


Apollo  Bros,  of  

Parker  

Samaritan  

Mt.  Diablo  

Sycamore  

Clear  Lake  

Unity  

Colusa  

Progressive  

Indian  Valley  

Soquel  - .   

Bohen,  Bros,  of  

Gold  Run  

Miliville  

Garden  City  . 

University  

Hermann  

San  Bernardino  

Havilah  

Friendship  

San  Joaquin  

Salinas  

San  Diego  

Gilroy  . 

Pacific  

Santa  Barbara  

Industrial  

Independence,  Bros,  of 

Golden  Rule  

Donner  

"      Bros.  of... 

Alisal  

Encinal          . . . .  . 

Golden  Star  

Mound  

St.  Helena  

Chorro  ...  

Yolo  

Ophir    . 

Montezuma  

Ukiah  1 74 

Dayton   I175 


123 
124 
126 
128 
129 
130 

131 
133 
134 
136 

137 
138 

139 
141 
142 
144 

145 
146 
148 
150 
151 
152 
153 
154 
^55 
156 
157 
158 
t6o 
162 

n 

163 
164 

165 
166 
167 
168 
169 
171 
172 


LOC.VTION. 

San  Francisco  - 

Washington  _ . . . 

Somerville  

Hay  ward's  . 

Clear  Lake  

Mission  Dolores 

Colusa  

Lockford  

Taylorville  

Soquel  

Willmington  

Gold  Run  

Miliville  ... 

San  Jose  

Oakland  

San  Francisco  _ 
San  Bernardino 

Havilah  

Guenoc  

Antioch  

Castroville  . 

San  Diego  

Gilroy  

San  Fiancisco  _ 
Santa  Barbara  .  - 

Sacramento  

Railroad  Flat . . . 

Los  Angeles  

Truckee  

Salinas  City  

Alameda  

Grass  Valley  

Hollister  

St.  Helena  . 

San  Luis  Obispo. 

Davisville  

San  Francisco 

Dixon  

Ukiah  

Dayton  


Appendix. 
CALIFORNIA— Continued. 


7 


NAME. 


AUemania   

Occidental  

Monterey  

Tehama,  Bros,  of  

Etna   

Yuba  City  

Fresno   

"      Brothers  of  

Fredonia  

Alpine   

Mayfield  

Victoria  

Columbia  

N.  Westminster  

Excelsior   

"       Brothers  of . 


78 

79 

82 

83 
48 


90 
92 
I 
2 

3 


LOCATION. 

San  Jose  

San  Francisco  

Monterey  

Tehama  

Etna  

Yuba  City  

Millertown  

Smartvilles  

Victoria,  V.  I.  

N.  Westminster,  V.  I. 
Honolulu,  S.  Islands 


AMOUNT. 

$      25  GO 
220  GO 

68  75 

15  OG 

30  GG 

50  00 

50  00 

50  00 

25  00 

45  00 

33  30 
200  00 
100  00 

5G  00 
211  00 

118  GO 


$14,169  30 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


Marysvilk;  _ 

Stella  

Wildey  

Mt.  Moriah 


23 
38 


Marysville  

Weaverville  .  _ 
San  Francisco 
Vallejo  


I5G  GO 

30  GG 

IGG  GO 

66  GG 


346  GO 


FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


Premium  on  gold   

An  Ancient  Odd  -  Fellow  

Hartford  Joy   

Hutchinson  &  Coggswell  

J.  H.  Dibble  

Geo.  A.  Treat  

Bro.  Glover,  of  California  Lodge  No.  i 


1,757  37 
3  00 
5  00 

30  GG 

100  GG 

IG  GG 

2G  GG 


$  i>925  37 


8 


Appendix. 


CALIFORNIA—  Continued. 

AMOUNT  RETURNED. 


To  T.  Rodgers  Johnson,  G.  Sec'y  ^  Ij93o  77 

Currency  j         40  00 

'  S  1,970  77 


TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges    §14,169  30 

"     Encampments  .        346  00 


Other  sources 


Less  amount  returned  

Amount  retained  for  relief. 


1,925  37 


$16,440  67 
1,97^  77 


$14,469  90 


COLORADO. 

FROM  LODGES. 

NAME, 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUrTT. 

Grand  Lodge  

3 
4 

9 
1 1 

S  50  00 

25  00 
50  00 
20  00 

30  GO 

Si 75  00 

Colorado   . 

Denver  

Black  Hawk  

Denver   

Pueblo   

Pueblo  

South  Park  

Fair  Play .  _  

CONNECTICUT. 

FROM  LODGES. 

NAME. 

NO. 
I 

3 
4 
5 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Quinnipiac   

Middlesex   

Pequonnoc  .  

New  Haven  

East  Haddam  

Bridgeport   

New  Haven  

S       250  GO 
50  GO 
I  GO  GO 
300  00 

Appendix. 


9 


CONNECTICUT—  Continued. 


NAME. 


Ousatonic  

Our  Brothers 

Central  - 

Wopoage  

Montewese  . . 

Fenwick  . 

Nosahogan . . . 
Rippowam . . . 

City.  

Wooster  . 


Pilgrim 


Xaugatuck  

Meriden  Centre.  .. 

Germania   

Hartford...   

Steuben  |  83 

Rock  Rimmon  i  84 


6 
10 
12 
14 

15 
20 
21 
24 
36 
37 
46 

63 
68 

78 
82 


Pequot 
Relief. 


85 
86 


LOCATION 

Birmingham  . . 

Norwalk  

Middletown . . 

Milford  

New  Haven  

Essex  

Waterbury  

Stamford  

New  Haven  

New  Canaan . . 

Ridgefield  

Ansonia  

Meriden  

New  Haven  

Hartford  

Bridgeport  

Beacon  Falls  . 
New  London.. 

New  Haven  

Interest  


S  100  00 
200  00 
120  00 
50  00 
25  00 

17  75 

100  00 

50  00 

280  00 

25  00 

25  00 

85  00 

20  00 

200  00 

150  00 

ICQ  00 

10  GO 

50  00 

25  00 

8  61 
IS  2,341  36 


DELAWARE. 

FROM  LODGES. 


Grand  Lodge  

Delaware  ... 

Jefferson  . 

Union  ... 

Mechanics  

Washington  

Morning  Star  

Fairfax  

Crystal  Fount  _  _  10 

Patrick  Henry   11 

Golden  Rule   17 

Brandy  wine   18 

Star  of  Bethel.  j  19 


LOCATION. 


Wilmington 


Georgetown  ... 

Wilmington  

New  Castle  

Smyrna  

Wilmington  ... 

.  Milford'   

Delaware  City  

{  Milton  

Brandywine  Banks  1 

I  Brandywine  Head  | 


AMOUNT. 
500  GO 

75  OG 

100  GO 

IG  OG 

IGG  OG 

25  GG 

25  GG 

loo  00 

25  00 

IG  GG 
IG  GG 

25  GG 


lo  '  Appendix. 


DELAWARE  —  Continued. 


Amity  . 

Hope  

Columbia  

Hermann  j  29 

National  '  -12 


20 
21 
26 


Chosen  Friends   53 


LOCATION 

Camden  . 

Wilmington  . . . 

a 
(( 

St.  Georges  

Harrington  


AMOUNT. 


00 
00 
00 
00 


25  00 
16  25 


I    1,196  25 


DISTRICT    OF  COLUMBIA. 

FROM  LODGES. 


Central  

W^ashington 

Eastern  

Harmony  _ . 
Columbia  _  _ 

Union  

Friendship , 
Covenant  _  _ 

Beacon  

Metropolis . 
Excelsior  _  _ 
Mechanics  . 


I 
6 
7 

9 

10 
1 1 
12 

13 
15 
16 

17 


Oriental  -  -  19 


AMOUNT. 


«I  00 
100  00 

47 '50 

53  00 

ICQ  GO 
25  GO 
105  GO 

9  75 

54  50 
61  50 
17  00 

50  GG 
32  50 

S736  75 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


Columbian  .  _ 
Magenenu.  _ 

Ridgely  

Mount  Nebo 


$  50  00 
50  00 

18  GG 

28  5G 


$146  50 


Appendix. 


II 


DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA— Continued. 

FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


Daughters  of  Rebecca  Association,  No. 
Knights  of  the  New  World   


§  20  00 
25  00 

$  45  00 


TOTAL  AMOUNT  CONTRIBUTED. 


From  Lodges  

"  Encampments 
"     Other  sources 


Returned  to  P.  Hall  Sweet,  Grand  Secretary 
Retained  for  relief  


$736  75 
146  50 

45  00 

$928  25 
43  25 

$885  00 


GEORGIA. 

FROM  LODGES. 


#NAME. 


NO. 


LOCATION 


Oglethorpe  \  1 

Franklin  i  2 

United  Brothers  ,  5 

Cherokee   8 

Miller  


Savannah 
Macon  


Marietta 
10  Augusta. 
Athens. . 

Warren   20    Grifhn  .. 

Mountain   27  Dalton.. 

Central    28    Atlanta  . 


Williams   15 


$  50  00 
25  00 

25  00 

26  00 
36  00 
25  00 
25  00 
15  00 
25  00 

§252  00 


RECEIVED   AND  RETURNED. 


Rome,  Brothers  of        40  Rome  

  17  90 

Amount  retained    

 1      $252  00 

12 


Appendix. 


ILLINOIS 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

Grand  Lodge  

Western  Star  

Alton  

Clark  

mini..   

Wildey  

Sangamon  . 

Shawnee.  

Quincy  :  

Marion   

Olive  Branch  

Ark  

Galena  

Rock  Island  

He'bron   

Columbia  

Des  Plaines.-  

Neilson  

Powhan   

Winnebago.  . . 

Hardin  

Mokena   

Wabash   

Marquette  

Nashville  

Dixon  

Montgomery  

Ottawa  _ 

Madison  

"      Brothers  of 

Memento  -  

Waubonsie  

Edwardsville  

Kane  

Covenant   

Bethel  

Carroll  

Fulton    

Sparta  

Empire. . .  


I  NO. 


I 

2 

3 
4 

5 
6 

lO 
12 

13 
15 
i6 

17 
i8 

19 
21 

23 
25 
29 
31 
33 
34 
35 
36 
37 
39 
40 

41 

43 
(( 

44 
45 
46 

47 
48 

49 
50 
51 
52 
54 


LOCATION. 


Alton 


Greenville  

Jacksonville  . . . 

Galena   

Springfield  

Shawneetown  . 

Quincy  

Mount  Vernon. 

Canton  

Beardstown  

Galena  

Rock  Island... 

Equality  

Peoria  

Lockport  

Troy  -  

Joliet  

Rockford  . 

Elizabeth  , 

Peru  

Mount  Carmel 

Quincy  

Nashville  

Dixon   

Hillsboro  

Ottawa  

Collinsville  


Farmington  . . . 

Aurora  . . . 

Edwardsville  .. 

Elgin   

Pekin.  

Bethel  

Mount  Carroll 

Lewiston  

Sparta  

Elizabethtown  . 


$  2 


000  00 

50  GO 

100  GO 

50  00 

125  00 

100  GO 

60  GG 

50  00 

IGG  OG 

IgS  GG 

IGG  GG 

50  00 

3OG  GG 

IGG  GO 

50  GG 

2GG  GG 

50  00 

25  00 

60  00 

IGG  GG 

30  GG 

IGG  GG 

50  GO 

250  GG 

50  00 

IGG  GG 

36  GG 
150  GO 

5  40 

76  50 

IGG  GG 
IGG  GG 

68  25 

43  ^'^ 

50  GO 

30  GO 
100  00 

II  00 

31  00 

37  00 


Appendix. 
ILLIN-OIS  —  Continued. 


13 


LOCATION. 


Chester  .  

Marshall  .'.  

Eureka   

Decatur   

Saxon.   

Danville   - 

Pioneer  

Hancock  

Irene   

Pike..  

Iroquois   

Star   

Remembrance  

Spoon  River  

Vermont,  and  Bros... 

Richview  

Concord  

Dallas   

Chosen  Friends  

Six  Mile  

Lacon    

Tonnaluka  


63 
64 

65 
68 
69 
70 

71 

72 

73 
74 
75 
77 
78 
79 
80 
82 

85 
86 

87 

88 

89 

Kickapo€)  i  90 

Edgar     91 

Pittsfield..    95 

Olive   98 

Opal    99 

Jephtha   100 

Lasalle   loi 

Hutsonville   106 


Fort  Clark   

Mount  Olive  

Hennepin  

St.  Clair  

Franklin  .  

Friends  

Bath  

Mt.  Pleasant,  and  Bros. 

Wethersfield  

Diligence.  129 

Amity  132 

Moline  .133 


109 
114 
118 
119 
121 
122 

125 
126 
128 


Chester  

Henry  

Marshall  

Decatur  

Virginia  . 

Danville  

Winchester  . . 

Warsaw  

Versailles  

Griggsville  . . 

Watseka  

Morris  

Bloomington  . 

Ellisville  

Vermont  

Richview. .  . . 

Concord   

Effingham  

Metropolis  . . 

Venice  

Lacon  

Princeton  . . . 
Charleston  . . 

Paris  ... 

Pittsfield  

Clinton  

Grayville  

Clayton  

Lasalle  

Hutsonville . . 

Peoria  

Salem  

Hennepin  

Lebanon   

Franklin  

Vandalia  

Bath  

Farmer  City. 

Kewanee  

Princeville  . . 
Murphysboro 
Moline  


14 


Appendix. 


ILLINOIS  —  Continued. 


Moline  Brothers  of  

Martinsville  . . .  

Meredosia,  and  Bros.. 

Social  

Galesburg  

Mason    

Military  Tract  

Shawbenee   . . 

Leroy.   

Warren  

Newton ..:  

Newark  

Savanna  

Little  Rock,  Bros,  of-  _ 

Geneseo  .  

Pecatonica. .  

Sterling,  Brothers  of. . 

Logan  

Pocahontas  .  

Crystal  Fount  

Richland  

South  Somonauk  

Eschol   

Abingdon  .  . 

Celestial  

New  Boston  

Carmi  

Central,  Brothers  of. . 

Hamilton  

Girard,  Brothers  of  

Tranquil  

Calumet   

Polo-.  

Schiller  

"     Bros.  of.  .  ... 

Litchfield   

Lincoln  

McLean  

Siloam  

Onarga  

Cortland,  Brothers  of. 
Mercer  ,. 


133 
134 
138 
140 
142 

143 
145 
146 
149 
160 
161 
162 
164 
171 
172 

173 
174 
176 
177 
178 
180 
181 
182 
184 
J  86 
188 
189 
190 
191 
192 

193 
196 
197 
200 


204 
206 
207 
208 
209 
210 


LOCATION. 


Moline  

Martinsville  

Meredosia  

Rockford  

Galesburg  

Havana  _ 

Macomb.  

Durand.  

Leroy   

Monmouth  

Newton  

Newark  

Savanna  _ . 

Piano  

Geneseo.  

Pecatonica  . 

Sterling   

Atlanta  

Pocahontas  

Dover  

Olney  

Somonauk  

Raleigh  

Abingdon  

Decatur.  

New  Boston  

Carmi  

Carthage  

McLeansboro  

Girard . .  

Oquawka  ... 

Chillicothe  

Polo-...  

Pekin   

a 

Litchfield  

Lincoln  

Lexington  

Delavan  

Onarga  

Cortland  Station 
Keithsburg  


AMOUNT, 

50  00 

55  00 
17  00 

52  00 
68  00 
100  00 
100  50 
30  00 
50  00 
40  00 
35  00 
6  00 
50  00 

14  00 
50  00 

100  00 
40  00 

50  GO 

35  00 

33  00 

150  00 

25  00 

25  00 

50  00 

200  00 

42  00 

13  00 

52  00 

50  00 

46  50 

25  00 

15  00 
65  00 

ICQ  00 

30  00 
50  GO 

100  GO 
I  GO  GO 

31  75 

I  GO  00 
15  00 

35  00 


Appendix. 


^5 


ILLINOIS  —  Continued. 


Sandwich  

Orphan's  Hope  

Camp  Point  

Howard  

Wilhelm  Tell  

Traveler's  Rest  

Alexander,  Bros,  of 

Benevolent  

Illinois  City  

Hickory  Grove  

Aledo  

Exeter  238 

Freeport  '239 


LOCATION. 


212 
213 

218 
219 
220 
224 
227 
229 
230 
236 


Urania. . 
Wyomin< 
Sumner  . 
Homer. . 
Melrose - 


243 
244 
249 
252 
254 

Maquon  1256 


Oak. 


Grove  _ . 
Charter 

Ridgely  . 

Coles  Cofuntv 


257 
258 

259 
260 


Pontiac  I26: 


New  Hope  

Herr  

Rochester  

Elsah  

Windsor  

Industry  I271 

Bridgeport  j282 

Bros.  of--..  " 
Charity  284 


263 
265 
268 
269 
270 


r.gypt  s  Star  

Humboldt  ... 

Liberty  . 

Chambersburg  

Areola  . 

Hiawatha  

Golconda  ^292 

Shabbona,  Bros,  of  294 

Western  295 


1285 
286 
287 
288 
289 
291 


Sandwich  

Xenia  

Camp  Point . . 
Kankakee  City 

Joliet  

Gillespie  

Cairo  

Whitehall .  -  _  - 
Illinois  City... 

Rochelle  

Aledo  

Exeter.  

Freeport  .. 

Jacksonville  . . . 

Wyoming  . 

Sumner  . . . 

Homer  

Melrose  

Maquon  

Morrison  

Bunker  Hill  . . . 

Warren  . . 

Mattoon  

Pontiac  

Blandinville  _ . . 
Bloomington .  _ . 

Rochester  

Elsah  . 

Windsor  

Industrv  

Okaw..'  _ . 


Benton  

Redbud  

Mascoutah  

Liberty  

Chambersburg 

Areola  

Anna  

Golconda  

Earlville  

Peoria  


25  50 
10  00 

75  00 

50  00 
100  00 

20  00 
119  25 

50  00 

26  00 
65  00 
10  00 
56  00 

100  00 
50  00 

30  GO 

5  00 
35  00 
10  00 
25  00 
50  00 

50  GO 
100  GO 
lOG  00 

47  00 

50  00 

50  GO 
20  GO 
10  GO 

6g  GG 

5  50 

27  GO 

14  50 

50  GG 

15  OG 
40  00 
25  GO 

16  GO 
25  OG 
50  GG 
50  GG 

16  75 
150  00 


i6  Appendix. 


ILLINOIS  —  Continued. 


NAME. 


Tonica   

Germania.  

Mount  Zion  

WilL-  --- 

Ashley.  -   

Concordia  

Coal  Valley  

National  

Ohio,  Bros,  of  

Clayton,  Bros,  of  

Enfield  -  - :  -  - 

Maroa   - 

Tuscola  - 

Niantic.  _   

Fairmount  . .  - 

Johann  Huss..  

Steuben   

Globe-  

Patoka   

Moonlight   

Lessing--  

Bavaria.   

Walpole .  -  

Champaign  

Adar  

Koerner  

"     Bros,  of  

Barry   

Mason  City  

Belleville  

Oak   

Carrollton  and  Bros. of, 

Dongola   

Irwin  -   

Mozart   

Cerro  Gordo  

Palmyra  

Carlinville  

Rockwood  

Leland  

Rosedale  

Ross  


299 
300 
301 
302 

303 
304 
306 

311 
312 

313 
314 
316 

318 

319 
320 
321 
323 
324 

325 
326 

327 
328 

333 

334 

335 
i( 

336 
337 
338 
341 
342 
343 
344 
345 
346 
348 
350 
351 
352 
354 
355 


LOCATION. 


Tonica  

Alton  

Mount  Zion  . . . 

Wilmington  

Ashley  

Aurora  

Coal  Valley  

Washington  

Eureka  

Sparland  

Enfield  

Maroa  

Tuscola  

Niantic  

Fairmount  

Geneseo  

Galena  

Mechanicsburg 

Patoka  

Bristol  Station  . 

Ottawa  

El  Paso  

Griswold  

Champaign  

Pana   

Pittsfield  


Barry  

Mason  City  

Belleville  , 

Prentice  

Carrollton  

Dongola  

Bement  

Lincoln  

Cerro  Gordo. . 

Palmyra  

Carlinville  

Rockwood   

Leland  

Kinmundy  .  . . 
Majority  Point 


40  00 
100  00 
10  00 
50  00 

43  00 
117  00 
100  00 

30  00 

34  00 
40  00 

50  GO 
50  00 

IOC  00 

27  00 

19  40 

50  00 

50  00 

12  50 
40  00 

6  00 
120  00 
14  00 

25  00 
50  00 
40  00 

22  GO 
8  GO 

75  00 

35  00 

lOG  GO 

50  OG 

234  GO 

13  GO 
50  OG 
50  00 

28  GO 
50  OG 
25  GG 
3G  GG 
IG  GO 
25  GG 
50  00 


Appendix. 


17 


ILLINOIS  —  Continued. 


LOCATION. 


Lynnville  1356 

Darwin.   359 

Bowen  360 


Paxton  -   

Woodford  

Mispah,  Bros,  of  

Adams  

Brighton  

Pestalozzi  

Enterprise  

Yates  City  

Bardolph  

J.  R.  Scroggs  

Golden  Rule  

Davis    

Minonk  

Good- Will  

Bros.  of.. 

San  Jose  

Irvington  

Clover   

Clay  City  

Arbeite»  

Arrow  

Chenoa,  Bros,  of  

Kankakee  City  

Edina  

Williamson  

Rome  

Alliance  .  _ 

Welcome  

Tonti  

Minooka,  Bros.  of. . 

Selah   ... 

Robert  Brooker   

Franklin  Grove  

Elwood  

AUemania  

Denver  1 41 2 

Taylorville,  Bros.  of.J4i3 

Mattoon  German  I414 

Murray ville -- -   1415 


362 
363 
364 

365 
366 

367 
369 
370 
371 
372 
374 
376 
377 
379 

a 
380 
381 
383 
384 
385 
386 

387 
390 
391 
392 

394 
395 
396 

399 
401 

403 
406 
409 
410 
411 


Lynnville  . . 

Darwin  

Bowensburg 

Paxton  

Metamora. . 
Philo  - .  -  -  - 
Quincy 


Brighton  

Alton  

Belleville  

Yates  City  

Bardolph  

Orangeville  

East  St.  Louis 

Davis.-   

Minonk  

Forrestville  


San  Jose  

Irvington  

Woodhull  

Clay  City  

Nashville  

Harrisburg  

Chenoa   

Kankakee  

Streator  

Marion  

Dix  

Odin  

Staunton  

Ottawa  

Minooka  

Monticello  

Quincy  

Franklin  Grove 

Elwood  

Mendota  

Denver  

Taylorville  

Mattoon  

Murravville  


25 
10 

15 
50 
27 
35 
100 

15 
25 

ICQ 

25 
10 
10 
72 
20 

50 

35 
45 
35 
50 

39 
2  2 

30 

50 
20 

100 

32 

25 
60 

20 

30 
100 
10 

24 
100 
60 
8 
50 
15 
40 

50 


CO 

00 
00 
00 
85 
50 
00 
00 
00 

GO 
00 
00 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
00 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 

75 
GO 
GO 
00 
00 
GO 
00 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
GO 
00 


i8  Appendix. 


ILLINOIS  —  Continued. 


Beacon  Light  

Arlington   

Mystic,  Bros,  of  

Greenwood   

Greenview  

Bros.  of-_.. 

Pvock  Creek   

Crescent  

Rantoul  

Bureau   

Marble  City   

Mutual  

O'Fallon   

Douglas  

Pride  of  the  Valley  ) 
and  Bros,  of  _ . . .  j 

Jefferson  City  

Dewees  

Chapin  

First  Scandinavian  

Silurian  ...   

Buckley,  Bros,  of  

Relief.  

Elkton  

Mount  Pulaski  

Jupiter   

Otterville  

Morrisonville  

Murphysboro  

O'Fallon  German  

Odell  

Myrtle  


417 
418 
420 
421 
423 

u 

424 

426 

427 
428 
429 
430 
431 
432 

435 

439 
441 

443 
446 

449 
450 
452 
453 
454 
455 
456 
459 
461 

463 
464 
470 


LOCATION. 

Grand  Tower. 

Arlington  

Edgewood  

Buck  Inn  

Greenview  

Lanark  

Caseyville  

Rantoul  

Princeton  

Lemont  

Kane  

O'Fallon  

Chicago.-  

East  St.  Louis 

Jefferson  City. 

Alexander  

Chapin  

Galesburg  

Grafton  

Buckley  

South  Pass  

Elkton  

Mount  Pulaski 

Effingham  

Otter  Creek  . . 
Morrisonville  . 
Murphysboro  _ 

O'Fallon  

Odell  

Middletown  . . 


AMOUNT. 


20  CO 
2  1  00 

14  GO 

50  00 

100  00 
41  00 

27  25 

24  GO 
50  GO 
50  GO 

50  00 
16  00 

32  50 
50  GO 

37  00 

20  00 

22  50 
30  00 
37  00 
37  00 

2G  GG 

7  50 

29  75 

15  00 

2G  GG 
2G  GG 

30  GO 

37  00 

25  00 

23  GO 

16  GG 


$17,244  80 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Lead  Mine  

5 

12 
15 

Galena   

$      5G  GO 

50  00 
250  GO 

Rock  Island  

Rock  Island  

Peoria  

Appendix. 


ILLINOIS  —  Continued. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Ottawa  

33 
50 

69 

76 
90 

Ottawa   

25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 

Bethel  

Morrison  

Anna  

Anna  

Pekin  

Pekin   

Mascoutah   

Mascoutah  

3  490  00 

FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 

NAME. 

-1 

LOC.\TION. 

AM'  TNT. 

Winnesheik  Lodge  ^ 

30  Freeport   

$    100  CO 

(Spent  by  the  Lodge  for  family  of  a  Brother.) 


DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  MONEY  FROM  LODGES. 


N.A.ME. 

NO. 

LOC.VnON. 

estima'd  value. 

St.  Charles  

Memento   

Empire.   

Iris  ..^  _ - 

Calhoun  

14 
44 
54 

267 

444 

St.  Charles  

Farmington  _  

Elizabethtown  

Millersburg   

Hardin   

$    57  50 
50  00 
20  00 
70  00 
40  00 

S  -37  50 

FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


From  Bro.  H.  Horn  and  other  Bros.,  Du  Quoin  . 

"       "    L.  Dodge,  Chicago   

"    C.  B.  Hefter,  "    

"  Monmouth   

"     Ladies  of  Peoria,  value  of  work  done 


ESTI.VIATED. 

8  440  00 

4  50 
3  00 

70  00 


S  S17 


DONATIONS  SENT  BUT  NOT  RECEIVED. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Bros,  of  Oregon  

94 

Oregon  

S    13  00 

20 


Appendix. 


ILLIN  OIS  —  Continued. 

CASH  DONATIONS  RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED  —  FROM  LODGES. 


NAME, 

Napierville  

Amicitia  

Stark  .._  

Atalanta  

Portland  

Teutonia  

North  Fork  

Farmers'  _  _ .  _  _ 

Carbon  

Livingston •_  _ .  _ 

Fox  River  

Browning  

Butler,  Bros,  of 

Biishnell  

Giittenburg  

Sherman  

Chatsworth  

Neoga  

Sheldon  

Utica,  Bros,  of 

Ashton  _  _  

Galatia  

Mount  Carbon 
Pleasant  HilL. 

Springfield  

Newman  


8i 

83 
96 
116 
148 
166 
245 
253 
276 
290 
297 

309 
317 

322 

331 
332 
339 
347 
349 
402 
422 
433 
434 
462 

465 
469 


LOCATION 

Napierville  ._. 

Naples  

Toulon  

Greenup  

Fulton  

Springfield 

Rossville  

Milford  

De  Soto  

Fairbury  

Yorkville   . 

Browning  

Butler  

Bushnell  _ .  

Napierville  

Nokpmis  

Chatsworth  

Neoga  

Sheldon  

Utica  

Ashton  

Galatia  

Murphysbero  _ 
Pleasant  Hill  . 

Springfield  

Newman  


AMOUNT. 


$25  00 

50  GO 
10  CO 

26  00 
17  00 

25  00 

26  00 

36  00 
32  00 
15  00 

15  00 
31  60 

16  00 
20  00 

25  00 

16  00 

31  GO 
10  00 

37  00 

26  00 

8  GO 
20  00 

45  00 

24  GO 
5G  GO 

6  00 


$642  60 


RECAPITULATION. 

Received  from  Lodges   

"         "  Encampments   

"         "    Other  sources  _  

Lesc  cash  returned   $642  60 

"     "     not  received   13  oo 

Cash  retained  by  Committee  

Value  of  Donations  not  cash   

Retained  by  Conimittee  ,  


;i 7,998  40 

49G  OG 
IGG  OG 


$18,588  4G 

655  60 


$17,932  80 
1,055  00 


$18,987  80 


Appendix. 


21 


INDIANA. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NA.ME. 


Grand  Lodge 
New  Albany  . 

Monroe  

Jefferson  

Morning  Star- 
Patriot   


NO. 


3 
7 

9 

New  Albany  }  lo 

1 1 
13 
14 
15 
23 
25 
31 
36 


Washington  

Chosen  Friends  

Fort  Wayne  

Lafayette  

Hoosier  

Heneosis  Adelphon 

Fayette   

Laporte  

Bros,  of... 

Shelby  

White  Water  

Lafontaine  

Putnam.  


St.  Anastasia  Mesnil. 
Rochester  


39 
41 
42 

45 

46 

47 


Carlisle   50 


Cheqiieuk  

Columbus  

Ridgely   

Princeton  

Ringgold  

Eden  

Mount  Ida  

Magnolia  

Amana  

Hope  ... 

New  Harmony  

Guilford  

Americus  

Sherlock  

Charleston  

Mississinnewa  . 

Dufour  loi 


56 
58 
61 
64 
66 
69 

73 
80 
82 
83 
87 
90 

91 
93 
94 
96 


LOCATION, 

New  Albany  __ 

Madison  

Jefferson  

Evansville  

Patriot  

New  Albany.. 

Madison  

Aurora  . . 

Fort  Wayne  

Lafayette  

Centreville  

Delphi  

Connersville. . 
Laporte  

Shelbyville  

Richmond  

Huntington  .  _ 

Greencastle  

Wabash  

Rochester  

Carlisle  

Valparaiso  

Columbus  

Ladoga   

Princeton  

Lagro  

Kewanna   

Vernon  

Fairfield  

Jonesboro  

New  Albany. . 
New  Harmon) 

Guilford  

Plymouth  

Madison  

Charleston  

Marion  

Rainsville  


AMOUNT. 


$250  GO 

60  00 
25  00 
50  00 
50  00 
50  00 

350  GO 

10  00 

25  00 

lOG  GO 

IGG  GO 

50  00 

10  00 

50  GO 

50  00 

50  00 

25  00 

30  GO 

10  GO 

50  00 

25  GO 

25  GO 

IG  GO 

25  GG 

IG  GG 

25  GG 

2G  GO 

15  GO 

10  GO 

50  GO 

no  00 

2G  GO 

223  GO 

10  GG 

25  GO 

50  GG 

2d  GO 

25  GO 

53  00 

25  GO 


Appendix 
INDIANA  —  Continued. 


LOCATION. 


Miriam.  _  

Liverpool  

Carpentersville  - 

Auburn  

Versailles  

Chinkaroror  

Silcox  

Capital  _  _ . 

Indiana  _  _ 

Moore's  Hill  , . . 

Reliance  

Anderson  

Kokomo  

Greenfield  

Everton  

Spencer    

Eureka  

Taylor   

Union  City  

Abington  

Morton  

Star  in  the  West 

Cecelia  

Richland  . 

Angola  

Rossville  

Shannondale  

Selma  

Crown  Point  

Greenwood  

Seymour  

Tell  City  

Stuartsville  . 

Brazil  

Crawfordsville  -  _ . 

Border   

Galveston  

Concordia  

Adullum.  

Alamo   

McCarty  

Humboldt  


io6 

I  lO 

115 
116 

117 
120 
123 
124 
126 
127 
130 
131 
133 
135 
139 
140 
142 
148 
152 
154 
155 
159 
166 
171 
180 

183 
187 
189 

195 
198 
204 
206 
214 

215 
223 
224 
225 
228 
229 
230 
233 

;234 


Elrod  

Washington  

Carpentersville. 

Auburn  .  _ . 

Versailles  

Williamsburg  . . 

Danville  _  

Indianapolis  _  _ . 

Vevay    

Moore's  Hill... 

Paoli  

Anderson  . 

Kokomo  

Greenfield  . 

Everton  

Rockport  

Leavenworth  . . 

Taylorsville  

Union  City  

Abington  . 

Liberty  

La  Grange  

Bloomington  _ . . 

Newtoii  

Angola  

Rossville  

Shannondale  

Selma  

Crown  Point  

Greenwood  

Seymour  

Tell  City  

Stuartsville  

Brazil  

Crawfordsville  . 
College  Corner. 

Galveston  

Fort  Wayne  . . . 
Michigan  City  . 

Alamo  -  

Plainfield  

New  Albany  


Appendix. 
INDIANA  —  Continued. 


23 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


Young  America  '  243 


Lowell  -  -   

Cicero   

New  Haven  

Carthage  

Pierceton  

Michigan  City  

Caldwell  

TelL-.   

Callis  

Little  River  

CharlottsviUe  

White  River  

Schuyler  

Zionsville,  Bros.  of. 

Monitor  

Magenta.  

Fortuna  

DeWolf  

Orleans  .  . 

Ridgeville  

Grandview  

Rockfifld  

Mount  yEtna  .  _ 

Walton  

Clear  Spring  

Waverley  

Tetersburg  

Waynetown  

Old  Post  

Earle  

Grant   

Alma  

New  Garden  

Greenville  

Greencastle  

Medora  

Whitestown  

Heart  and  Hand  - .  _ 

Arcadia   . 

Clay  


Young  America 

Lowell  

Cicero   

New  Haven  

Carthage  

Pierceton  

Michigan  City  _ 

Oaktown  

Jeffersonville 

Martinsville  

Roanoke  

CharlottsviUe  .  - 
Edwardsport  . . 

Remington  

Zionsville  

Mishawaka  

Wheeler  

Lawrenceburg  .. 

Wheatland  

Orleans  

Ridgeville  

Grandview  

Rockfield  

Mount  ^tna  - . 

Walton  

Mooney  

Waverley  

Tetersburg  

Waynetown  

Vincennes   

Hobart  

Red  Key  

Booneville  

New  Garden  .  . 

Greenville  

Greencastle  

Medora  

Whitestown  

Albany    . 

Arcadia  

Harmony  

Dover  


^    10  00 

5  00 
10  00 

20  00 
30  00 
25  00 
25  00 

21  30 

25  GO 
109  19 
20  GO 

5  00 

25  GO 

28  OG 

IG  GG 

lOG  GG 

15  GG 

IG  GG 

2  GG 

25  GG 

5  00 

IG  GG 

20  GG 

IG  GO 

13  GG 

5  00 

I  2  GO 
IG  GG 

5  00 

IG  GO 
IG  GO 

5  00 

10  GG 

26  50 
20  GG 
50  OG 

43  50 

25  GO 

5  00 

II  50 
5  00 

10  5Q 
$4,376  14 


24 


Appendix. 


INDIANA  —  Continued. 

FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Grand  Encampment  _ 
Ebronah  

$   lOO  OO 

25  00 
$  125  00 

21 

Wabash  .  _   

FROM  R.  D.  LODGES. 

NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Fidelity  

22 

Mishawaka   

$    86  00 

FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


Odd  Fellows,  by  C.  E.  Hosford,  Terre  Haute 
J.  B.  Chadwick,  Brazil  Lodge,  No.  215  


$  280  25 
I  00 

$  281  25 


DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 


From  Fidelity  R.  D.  Lodge,  No.  22,  estimated  value, 
"  Plymouth   


50  00 
100  00 

$  150  00 


CASH  DONATIONS  RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Lebanon    

48 
187 
328 

Lebanon   . 

$    50  00 
6  00 

Shannondale   

Shannondale   

Greentown  

Greentown  

10  50 

S    66  50 

Appendix, 


25 


IN  DIANA  —  Continued. 

AMOUNT  OF  CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS 

From  Lodges  

*"  Encampments   

"     R.  D.  Lodges    

"     Other  sources    

Less  amount  returned   

Amount  retained  for  Relief  

Value  of  Donations   

Total    


$4,442  64 

125  GO 

86  00 
281  25 

$4,934  89 
66  50 

$4,868  39 
150  00 

$5>oi8  39 


IOWA. 

FROM  LODGES. 


LOCATION. 


Grand  Lodge  

Washington  

Muscatifie  

Kosciusko  

Davenport  

Manitou  

Ottumwa  

Henry  _   

Schiller  

Julian  

Keokuk,  Bros,  of  

Mahaska  

Wildey....  

Osceola  

Louisa  

"      Bros,  of  

Bonaparte  . .   . . 

Bloomfield   

Fort  Des  Moines  ... 

Troy   

Garnavillo   

Empire  _ 


10 
1 1 
1 2 

13 
16 

17 
18 

19 

u 

22 
23 
25 
27 
29 

31 


Burlington  

Muscatine  

Iowa  City  

Davenport  

Tipton  

Ottumwa  

Mount  Pleasant 
Dubuque  


Keokuk  

Oskaloosa  . . 
Farmington 

Marion  

Wapello--.. 


Bonaparte  

Bloomfield  -  - 
Des  Moines  . 

Troy   

Garnavillo  .  - . 
Fort  Madison 


$  500  00 

ICQ  GO 

25  GO 

15  OG 

25  GO 

50  GG 

55  00 

50  GO 

100  00 

100  00 

75  00 

25  GO 

IG  GG 

25  GG 

20  GG 

15  GG 

IG  00 

50  OG 

IGO  GO 

IG  GO 

I  I  GG 

50  00 


26 


Appendix. 
IOWA  —  Continued. 


Kossuth  

Scott   

Lafayette  

Puckechetuck  

Eureka   

Delhi   

Salem   

Council  Bluffs  

Colony    

Mystic  

Winneshiek,  Bros,  of  _ 

Franklin   

Indianola  

Central    - 

Montezuma  

Centreville.  

Hamilton  

Boonsboro  - 

Monroe  

Eagle  

Knoxville   

Bedford  

Glenwood  

Sigourney   

Arcturus   

Covenant  

Pulaski   

Clarinda  

Itasca   - 

Germania   

Brooklyn  

Hermann  .  _  _ 

Banner  _ .  

Goethe   

Commercial  _ . 

Afton   

Carlisle  

Madison   

Jonathan  _ . 

Relief  

Cedar  Rapids  

Burr  Oak   _ 


32 
37 
39 
43 
44 
46 
48 
49 
50 
55 
58 

59 
70 

73 
74 
76 

78 

79 
81 
86 
90 

91 
97 
98 
100 

lOI 

107 
109 
III 
112 
114 
116 
123 
211 
128 
130 

131 
136 

137 
138 
141 

143 


LOCATION. 


AMOUxXT. 


Richland  

Davenport  

Sabula  

Keokuk  

Iowa  City  

Delhi  

Salem  .  _  _ 

Council  Bluffs  . 

Colony  

Mount  Pleasant 

Decorah  

Quasqueton  

Indianola  

Newton  

Montezuma  

Centreville  

Hamilton  

Boonsboro   

Albia  

Dewitt  

Knoxville  

Bedford  

Glenwood  

Sigourney   

Iowa  Falls  

Washington  

Wilton  Junction 

Clarinda  

McGregor  

Franklin  Centre 

Brooklyn  

Keokuk  

Marshalltown  __ 

Oskaloosa  

Afton  

Carlisle  

Winterset  

Des  Moines  

Lowell  

Cedar  Rapids. . 
Burr  Oak  


10  00 
50  00 

25  GO 

75  00 

ICQ  CO 

10  00 

25  00 

25  00 

50  00 

50  00 

63  00 

25  00 

50  00 

20  GO 

10  GO 

20  00 

5  00 

10  GO 
25  00 

50 

25  GG 

5  00 

IG  GO 

IGO  GG 

IG  GG 

15  GG 
IG  GG 
25  GG 
25  GO 
IG  GO 
25  GO 
84  00 

80  65 

25  CO 

16  50 

5  00 
27  00 

41  50 

5  00 

IG  GG 
IG  00 


Appendix. 
IOWA  —  Continued. 


27 


I   NO.  i 


LOCATION. 


Prairie  City  144 

Walhalla  •-ii5o 

Belle  Plaine  '151 

Tama  City  152 

156 
159 
167 
168 

175 

183 
189 
192 

193 
197 
199 
201 


Northern  Light. 

Enterprise  

Viola  -  -   

Jasper  

Atlantic,  Bros.  of. 

Mozart  

Chorazin,  Bros,  of, 

Victor  

Rescue  


Hamburg  

Tabor  

Robert  Blum  

Stilesville  

Pleasanton  .  _   204 

Green  Mountain  205 

Harmonia  1209 

Dexter  1215 

Audubc»n  '217 

221 
222 
223 
228 


Storm  Lake 

Boone. _  

Stella,  Bros,  of  . 
College  Springs. 


Prairie  City  

Clinton  City  

Belle  Plaine  .  - . 

Tama  City  

Monana  

Talleyrand  

Viola^_  

Monroe  

Atlantic  

Cedar  Rapids . . 

Ackley  

Victor  

Denmark  

Hamburg  

Tabor   

Tama  City  

Stilesville  . 

Pleasanton   

Brighton  

Burlington  

Dexter  

Louisville  

Storm  Lake  

Boone   

Anamosa  

College  Springs 


$3,098  oc 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


LOC.\TTOX. 


AMOUNT. 


Grand  Encampment  .  [  |   $  100  00 


Eureka. 


Burlington 


10  00 


$   I  10  CO 


28 


Appendix. 


IOWA  —  Continued. 

FROM  OTHERS. 


Brothers  of  Dubuque  

$  lOO 

00 

Patriarch  of  Hamburg      

50 

$  lOO 

50 

TOTAL  AMOUNT  CONTRIBUTED. 

Total  amount  contributed  -  -     

50 

Less  in  hands  of  Wm.  Garret,  Gr.  Sec.  _  _ 

20 

37 

Total  received  .  -    _ 

$3>288 

13 

REPORTED  BY  WM.  GARRET,  GR.   SEC,  BUT  NOT  SENT  TO  THE 

COMMITTEE. 


NAME. 

NO 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Davenport*  

Ottumwa*  

7 

9 

Davenport  

Ottumwa  

$      25  00 
100  00 

$   125  00 

KANSAS. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Grand  Lodge  

Shawnee,  Bros.  of. . 

Leavenworth  .  . 

Bros,  of 
Friendship,  Bros,  of 

White  Cloud  

Burlingame  

Union.   

Garrett,  Bros,  of  -  -  - 

Fort  Scott   22 

Bros.  of... I  " 


LOCATION. 


Topeka  . 

Leavenworth 


Atchison  

White  Cloud 
Burlingame  -  _ 

Emporia  

Garrett  

Fort  Scott- _. 


$  500  00 

25  00 

100  00 

30  00 

53  50 
10  00 
50  00 
25  00 
18  00 
16  00 
10  00 


♦  Sent  to  a  Brother  in  Chicago. 


Appendix. 
KANSAS  —  Continued. 


29 


Gardner  

Pardee   

Metropolitan,  Bros,  of 

Salina   

Schiller  

"     Bros,  of  

Holton,Bros.  of  and 

Visiting  Bros.  

Wildey  

Topeka,  Bros,  of  

Phoenix  

Council  Grove  

Clinton,  Bros,  of  

Eureka  

"     Bros.  of.-.. 

Arvonia  

"      Bros.  of-. - 

Olanthe   

Bros  of  

Excelsior  

Lynden   

Highland,  Bros,  of. 

Forrest     . .  

Borthers  of  the  Order 

Lodge  there  


NO. 

23 
26 
27 
28 

33 

u 

34 

37 
40 

41 
43 
47 
52 

54 

59 

u 

61 
62 

67 

71 


LOCATION. 


Gardner  

Pardee  

Leavenworth 

Salina  

Atchison  


Holton 


Coyville  

Topeka  

Wathena  

Council  Grove 

Clinto-n  . 

Eureka  


Arvonia. 
Olanthe . 


Lawrence 
Lynden . _ 
Highland 
Shawnee  _ 


residing  at  Wichita  —  no 


Less  returned  to  S.  F.  Burdett,  Gr.  Sec. 
Amount  retained  by  Committee  


$     5  00 

10  GO 

20  00 

50  00 

50  CO 

18  50 
20  50 
25  00 

20  00 
49  50 

25  GO 

I  I  OG 

25  00 

15  GO 

IG  GG 

5  00 

25  GG 
18  5G 
25  GG 

5  00 
5  00 

15  GG 
9  GG 

$1,299  5G 

136  GG 

$1,163  5G 


KENTUCKY. 


FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

Chosen  Friends 

Watson  

yEolian  . . . 

"      Bros,  of 


2 
32 
51 


LOCATION. 


Louisville  

Mount  Sterling 
Bowling  Green 


5225  GG 

203  GO 

IGG  GG 

21  GG 


30 


Appendix. 


K  ENTUCKY—  Continued. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

North  Star,  Bros.  of.  _ 
Good  Intent  

76 
166 

Newport  

Covington  

S  136  88 
150  00 

$  835  88 

DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 


Relief  Committee,  Louisville  

Louisville  Committee  in  Chicago  . . 

Total  value  of  contributions 


LOUISIANA. 

FROM  LODGES. 


$1,645  48 
250  GO 


11,895  48 


)2,73i  36 


Independence    23 

Germania   29 


LOCATION. 


New  Orleans. 


$  100  GO 
100  GO 


20G  GO 


LOWER  PROVINCES  — B.  N.  A. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

NO. 

6 
1 1 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Eastern  Star  . .  

Picton    

%    60  00 

31  OG 
14  36 

Norton  

New  Glascow  

Westville  

Premium  on  Gold 

S  155  36 

Appendix. 


3^ 


MAINE. 

FROM  LODGES. 


Maine  

Ancient  Brothers  . 
Ligonia   


Penobscot   

Saccarappa  _ . 
Androscoggin 


LOCATION. 


Laconia  

Oriental  

Manufacturers    and  {  •  ^ 
Mechanics  ' 


Portland 


Bangor   

Westbrook 

Auburn  

44  I  Biddeford  _ 
60  Bangor  

Lewiston  , 


AMOUNT. 


$  100 

00 

100 

GO 

50 

CO 

ICQ 

00 

00 

100 

GO 

ICQ 

GG 

100 

00 

100 

GO 

$    8gg  go 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


Machigonne 
Eastern,  Star. 


LOCATION. 


Portland 


From  James  M  Andrews,  Biddeford. 

Total  Contributions  


00 


75  00 


S   150  00 


$     lOG  GO 


Sl.O^O  GO 


MARYLAND. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME.  NO. 

Washington   i 

Franklin   2 

William  Tell   4 

Harmony   6 

Friendship   7 

Marion   8 


LOCATION. 


Baltimore 


25  GG 

50  GG 

50  OG 

IGO  GG 

2:;  GO 


32 


Appendix. 


MARYLAND  —  Continued. 


Jefferson  - 

Corinthian  

Maryland  

Monumental  . . 

Mechanics  

Miller  

Morning  Star  - 
Daniel  &  Jacob. 
Mount  Pisgah . 
St.  Tammany  _ . 

Potomac  ■  

Mt.  Moriah  

Chosen  Friends. 

Adam  

La  Grange  . 

Centre  

Mount  Savage  . . 
Thomas  Wildey 

Patuxent  . 

Germania  

Iris  . 

Frostburg  . 

Brookville  

Herman  

Oriental  

Buena  Vista  

Schiller  . 

Golden  Rule  . . . 

Ocean  

Jackson   

Bayside  

Warren  

Atlantic  

Independence  _ . 

Towsoh  

Mountain  

Lonaconing  

Mount  Zion  

Philos  

Madison  

Good  Intent  

Blenheim  


NO. 


9 

10 
1 1 
14 

15 
18 
20 
23 
24 
25 
31 
32 
34 
35 
36 
40 

43 
44 
45 
47 
48 

49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
55 
58 
61 

65 
66 

71 
72 
77 
79 
84 

85 
87 

91 
98 

99 
102 


LOCATION. 


Baltimore 


Easton  . 

Havre-de-Grace. 

Manchester  

Port  Deposit  

Centreville  . 

Hagerstown  

Clearspring  . 

Cumberland  

Frederick  City_. 

Boonsboro'  

Ellicott's  City. _ . 
Mount  Savage  . . 

Baltimore  

Laurel  . 

Baltimore  


Frostburg  __ 
Brookville.  _ 
Cumberland 
Baltimore  _  _ 
Cumberland 
Baltimore 


Snow  Hill... 
Baltimore  ... 
St.  Michael's. 
Baltimore  . . . 


AMOUNT. 


Towsontown  

Baltimore  

Lonaconing  

Pikesville  

Westernport  

Baltimore  . 

Sharptown  

Hall's  Cross  Roads. 


32  20 
25  00 
25  00 

100  GO 

50  00 

20  00 

20  00 

10  GO 

IG  GO 

IG  GG 

6g  GG 

5  00 

25  GG 
25  00 

5  00 

50  00 
2G  GG 

25  00 

50  00 

100  GG 

IG  GG 

50  GO 

5  00 

IG  GG 

25  00 

IG  GG 

3G  GG 

30  00 

IG  GG 

25  00 

IG  GG 

25  00 

IGG  GO 

2GG  GG 

2G  GO 

25  GO 

IGG  GO 

10  00 

75  00 

50  GG 
IG  00 

5  00 


Appendix. 


33 


MARYLAND  —  Continued. 


NAME 

Escaville  

Prospect  

Catoctin  

Garden  

Providence  . . 
Shealtial  . 


NO. 

io6 
no 

113 
114 
116 
122 


LOCATION, 

Baltimore  

Phoenix  

Middletown  .. 

Gardenville  

Catonsville  

Oakland  


AMOUNT. 


;i,9oi  50 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Gilead  

Hagerstown .  

$       30  00 

FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


Jas.  L.  Ridgely,  Grand  Cor.  &  Rec.  Secretary 
Bro.  Freitchner   


25  00 
2  00 


$        27  GO 


CASH  RETURNED. 


To  Joseph  Vansant,  Grand  Master  |  $    117  20 


AMOUNT  OF  CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges  

"  Encampments  

"     other  sources   

Less  amount  returned  

Amount  retained  for  Relief 

c 


$1,901  70 
30  00 
27  00 

$1,958  70 
117  20 

$1,841  50 


34 


Appendix. 


MASSACHUSETTS. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Massachusetts  

Siloam  

New  England  

Suffolk  

Oriental  

Bunker  Hill  

Tremont  

Covenant  

Warren   

Friendship.  

Howard   

Franklin  

Winnisimmet  

Boston  

Hampden  

Bethesda  

Ancient  Landmarks 

Montezuma  

Acushnet  .  _  _  _ 

Norfolk  

Agawam  

Atlantic  

Elliot  

Mount  Hope  

Nantucket  

Unity  

Mutual  Relief  

Neponset  

Ocean   

Mount  Auburn  

Marine  

Mount  Roulston  

Fredonia  

Aurora  

Uxbridge  

Hermann   

Bass  River  

Eastern  Star  

Oasis  

Mispah    . 


LOCATION. 


lO 

14 

15 
16 
18 
20 
22 

23 
24 

25 
27 

30 
32 
33 
41 
48 

52 
55 
58 
63 
66 

77 
83 
84 
91 
94 
96 

98 
103 
107 
120 

133 
141 

143 
146 

151 


Boston. 


East  Cambridge. 
Boston  


Charlestown 
Boston  


Boston  Highlands 

Cambridgeport  

Charlestown  ^ 

Boston  

Chelsea  

Boston  

Springfield  

South  Boston  

Boston  •  


New  Bedford  

Dorchester  

Ipswich   

Marblehead  

Needham  

Fall  River  

Nantucket  

Boston  

Haverhill  

Port  Norfolk  

Glocester  

Cambridge  

Provincetown  

Fitchburg  

Shirley  Village. . 
North  Attleboro' 

Uxbridge  

Boston  

Beverly  

East  Boston  

Somerville  

Haverhill  


AMOUNT. 


$      300  GO 

560  00 

100  GO 

5GG  00 

25G  00 

lOG  GO 

5OG  GO 

75  00 

20G  GG 

2GG  GO 

100  GO 

2GG  GO 

251  25 

2GG  GO 

50  00 

250  GO 

157  GG 

126  GG 

50  GO 

75  00 

65  50 

IGG  GO 

50  00 

25  GG 

50  00 

279  69 

300  GG 

50  GG 

2GG  GO 

54  00 

50  GO 

197  50 

40  GG 
1 40  40 

75  00 

2GG  GO 

IGG  GG 

25  GO 

I2G  GG 

IGG  GO 

$6,466  34 


Appendix. 


35 


MASSACHUSETTS  —  Continued. 

FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

Massasoit  

Bunker  Hill  

Mt.  Washington 

Merrimack  

Naumkeag  

Wanacmamack  . 

Metacomet  

Eagle  . 

New  England . . 

Alethian_  _  

Palestine  

Ozias  


NO. 


I 

5 
6 

7 
13 
i6 
26 
32 
34 
35 
37 
40 


LOCATION. 


Boston  

Charlestown  

South  Boston.. 
Newbury  port  . . 

Salem  

j  Nantucket  

I  Fall  River  

I  Haverhill  

j  East  Cambridge. 
Shelburne  Falls  . 

Lynn  

Marblehead  


150  00 

50  GO 
25  GO 

I5G  GO 

25  GO 

25  GO 

200  GO 

IGG  GO 

25  GO 

50  GO 

25  GO 


I'    875  GO 


DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Beulah,  H.  D.  L  

3 

Lynn ...  

CASH  DONATIONS  RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED. 

NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Tri  Mount  Enc'p't  

^ 

Boston  

$      150  GO 

REPORTED  AS  BEING  SENT  TO  CHICAGO  AND  THE  WEST  DIRECT, 
BUT   NOT   RECEIVED  BY  THIS  COMMITTEE. 


NAME. 


Essex 
Hope 
Bay  State 


LOCATION. 


!  AMOUNT. 


Salem  \  %    526  50 

Methuen  ■ 


26 
34 

40  I  Lynn 


Bass  River   141  !  Beverly 


50  GO 
IGG  GO 
2GG  GO 


36 


Appendix. 
MASSACHUSETTS  —  Continued. 


NAME 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Worcester   

Quinsigamond  

Wachusett  Enc'p't  

Mary  Washington,  R. 
D.  L.  

43 
10 

I 

5 
6 

Worcester  



Boston  __   __ 

500  GO 

50  GO 

2GG  GO 
2GG  OG 

$1,826  50 

Martha  Washington,. . 
R.  D.  L  

Ipswich   

Friendship,  R.  D.  L.__ 

Beverley  

TOTAL   AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


Cash  contributed  by  Lodges  

"  "  "  Encampments  

Received  on  above.  Cash  $35090  4^ 

Returned  "       "    150  gg 

Received  "     Goods   4,050  86 

"       for  Chicago    Encampment   igg  gg 

"  Germania  "  igg  gg 


$6,616  34 

875  GO 


$7,491  34 


$7,491  34 


MICHIGAN 


FROM  LODGES. 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


Wayne 


2  Detroit 


AMOUNT. 


50  OG 


FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


Through  F.  M.  Foster,  Gr.  Sec,  cash  paid  for 
beans    


146  50 


Total 


$    196  50 


Appendix. 


37 


MINNESOTA. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

St.  Paul  

North  Star  

Prairie  - .  

Vermillion  . 

St.  Peter  

Mankato  

Waseca  

Lake  City  

Humboldt  

Comee  

Root  River  

Steuben  

Schiller  

Winnebago  City 
Sunbeam  


NO.  I 


LOCATION. 


2 

6 

7 
8 

I  2 

15 
17 

22 
24 

25 
26 
27 
29 
30 
31 


j  St.  Paul  

I  Minneapolis  

j  Winona  

;  Hastings  

I  St.  Peter  

i  Mankato  

I  Wilton  

I  Lake  City  .  _  _ 

Winona  

Waseca  . .  

I  Lanesboro  

Rochester  

Mankato  

Winnebago  City. 
Farmington  


AMOUNT. 


^    100  00 

60  00 

53  00 

22  00 

37  50 

25  GO 

7  00 

125  GO 

50  00 

12  65 

2G  GO 

34  00 

25  GG 

25  OG 

15  GG 

$      611  15 


MISSOURI 

FROM  LODGES. 


Travelers'  Rest 

Far  West  

Howard  

Savannah  

Laclede  

Randolph  

Constellation  . . 

Wingenund   

Evening  Star. . 

Paris   

Olive  Branch. . 

Capitol  

Franklin  . 

Robert  Blum. . 
Saint  Francois. 


NO. 


I 
4 

IG 

14 

22 

23 
26 
27 
28 
29 
36 

37 
44 
46 
48 


LOCATION. 

St.  Louis  

Booneville  

Fayette  

Savannah   

St.  Louis  

Huntsville  

Hannibal  

St.  Louis  

Louisiana  

Paris  

Booneville  

Jefferson  City. 

Canton  

Hermann  

Farmington  . . 


AMOUNT. 

i    441  00 
50  00 

IG  GG 
25  GG 

50  00 

25  GG 

50  GG 

168  75 

15  GG 

50  00 

25  GG 

IGG  GG 

25  OG 

25  GG 

25  GO 


38 


Appendix. 
MISSOURI  — Continued. 


NO. 


Liberty  1  49 

Grand  River  |  52 

Hebron  i  55 

Boonslick  |  57 

Osage   1  61 

Harmony  !  71 

Bellefontaine  j  73 

Fidelity  !  78 

Neosho -_  --!  85 

Adair  i  96 

Rural  .  1 100 

Otterville  jio2 

Granby  |ii3 

119 
126 

143 
150 
155 
159 
161 
167 
171 
172 

175 
184 
186 
191 
194 

195 
199 
201 
208 
210 
211 
212 
213 
214 
228 
230 
236 


Easton 

Jefferson  

Saint  Charles.  . 

La  Plata  

Eclipse  . 

Bailey  

Rolla  

Marshall  

Brookfield  

Gallatin  

Carthage  

Madiso  n  

Albany   

Holden  

Walnut  Grove. 

DeKalb  

Nevada  

America  

Cainsville  

Purity  

Richmond  

Novelty  

Craig  

Altona  _. 

Moberly  

Key  Stone  

Palmyra  

Newtonia  . 

Salisbury  . 


LOCATION. 

Liberty   

Trenton  

West  Port.  

New  Franklin  

Bolivar  

Springfield   

St.  Louis  

Potosi  

Neosho  

Kirksville  

Pisgah  

Otterville  .... 

Granby  

Easton  

St.  Louis  

St.  Charles  

La  Plata   

St.  Joseph  

Macon  

Rolla  

Marshall   , 

Brookfield  ' 

Gallatin.  _  

Carthage  

Fredericktown  

Albany   

Holden  

Walnut  Grove  

DeKalb  

Nevada  City  

Springfield  

Cainsville  . 

Lee's  Summit  

Richmond  

Novelty  

Craig  

Altona  

Moberly  

Elleardsville  

Palmyra   _ 

Versailles  

Salisbury   


AMOUNT. 


Appendix. 


39 


MISSOURI  —  Continued. 


NAME. 


Big  Spring-. 

Polk  

La  Motte... 
Washburn  _. 
Eskridge  ... 
Kansas  City. 


237 
243 
244 
246 

253 
257 


LOCATION. 


Meramec  Iron  Works. 

Half  Way  

Mine  La  Motte  

Washburn   

Bevier  _   

Kansas  City  


10  00 

5  00 

15  00 
10  00 

16  50 
155  00 


$2,584  95 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


Frontier. 
Umpire  . 


2 
42 


LOCATION. 


Weston  

Springfield 


AMOUNT. 


25  00 
10  CO 


$     35  00 


FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


From  H.  A.  Whiten,  Kansas  City 


DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 


From  St.  Louis,  clothing,  estimated 


I    $     50  00 


TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges  .  _ 

"  Encampments. 
"     Other  Sources 


Less  paid  Brothers  in  St.  Louis  $  91  00 

"    returned  to  Grand  Secretary  Sloan_ .  323  95 


Total  Cash. 
Value  Donations  


Amount  retained  for  Relief 


$2,584  95 
35  00 

200  GO 


$2 

>8i9  95 

414  95 

$2 

,405  GO 

50  00 

$2,455  00 


40 


Appendix. 


NEBRASKA. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 


NO.  I 


LOCATION, 


Capital 


II  Lincoln 


105  00 


NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

NO. 

20 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Grand  Lodge  

S  400  00 

50  00 

Mascoma    

Lebanon   . 



FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 

NAME. 

NO. 

I 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Grand  Encampment. _ 
Nashoonon  

$    200  00 
50  00 

Nashua    

$     250  GO 

DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 
FROM  LODGES. 


Piscataqua  

New  Hampshire 
Osgood  


NO. 

6 

17 
48 


LOCATION. 


Portsmouth 


AMOUNT. 


375  00 

187  65 

75  00 


637  65 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS, 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Strawberry  Bank  

5 

Portsmouth-  _   

$    150  00 

V 


Appendix. 


41 


NEBRASKA  —  Continued. 

TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


Cash   $  700  00 

Goods   787  65 


Total 


$1,487  65 


NEW  JERSEY. 


FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

Trenton  

New  Brunswick 

Howard  

Newark  

Mount  Holly.  - . 

Monmouth  

Protection  

Pennington  

South  Trenton. 

Mystic'  

Olive  Branch  

Woodbury  

Lawrence  _  -  

Senatus   

Phoenix  

Columbian  

Teutonia  

Germania  

Jefferson  

Stella  

Eagle  

Humboldt  

Hermann  

Farnsworth  

Fred.  D.  Stuart  . 
Lodge  unknown 


i   NO.  I 


LOCATION. 


19 
20 
28 

31 
36 
46 

51 

54 
62 
76 
92 
117 
118 
121 
125 

133 
136 

137 
142 

143 
154 


I  Trenton 


New  Brunswick 
Newark  


Mount  Holly. 

Freehold  

Newark  

Pennington.  _ 

Trenton  

Bordentown  . 
Bloomfield  .  _ 
Woodbury  .  _ 
Perth  Amboy 

Camden  

Burlington  . . 
Newark  


Union  . 
Newark 


Jersey  City  Heights. 
Trenton  


$     50  00 
200  00 

ICQ  GO 

18  GO 

lOG  GG 

IG  GO 

2GG  GG 

25  GG 

IGG  00 

50  00 

IGG  GO 

105  GG 

25  GG 

IGG  GG 

2GG  GG 

50  GO 

IGG  GG 

2GO  GG 

50  GO 

25  GG 

25  GO 

68  50 

50  GO 

20  00 

$2,071  50 


42  Appendix. 

NEW  JERSEY— Continued. 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION, 

AMOUNT. 

Mt.  Lebanon           . . 

7 

Burlington  

$       50  00 

FROM  R.   D.  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Lady  Washington 


NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

10 

Eatontown  

$    10  00 

CASH  RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

amount: 

Lafayette  Lodge  

I? 

Orange  _  _  _ 

$   100  00 

TOTAL  CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges  

"  Encampments  

"     R.  D.  Lodges  

Less  amount  returned  

Amount  retained  for  relief 


$2,171  50 
50  00 
10  00 


$2,231  50 
100  00 


$2,131  50 


NEW  YORK. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

Columbia  

Hope  

Whitehall.... 

Cortland  

Clinton  


NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

I 

New  York   

$    43  33 
50  00 
40  00 
50  00 
116  67 

2 

Albany   

5 
6 

Whitehall  

Peekskill  

7 

Albany   

Appendix. 


43 


NEW  YORK— Continued. 


NAME. 


Teoronto    8 

Tompkins   9 

New  York  

Gettys   

Germania  

Saratoga  

German  Colonial  . 
Fireman's,  Bros,  of 

Pqughkeepsie  

Knickerbocker  

Mariners'  .  I  23 

Brooklyn  |  26 

Trojan  I  27 


NO. 


Ark 

National  

Olive  Branch  

American  . . 

Covenant  

Enterprise  

Nassau  

Greenwich  

Phoenix  ._  

Conccfrde  

State  Rights  

Mercantile  

Principle  

Hancock  

Atlantic  

United  Brothers 

Rensselaer  

Mutual  

Albion  

"     Bros.  of. 

Ulster   

Howard  

Crusaders'  

Calumet  

Empire  

Beacon   

Central  City.  ..j  68 

Sincerite   69 

Ithaca,  Bros,  of  I  71 


28 
30 
31 
32 
35 
36 

39 
40 

41 
43 
46 

47 
48 

49 
50 
52 
53 
57 
58 

u 

59 
60 
61 
62 
64 
67 


LOCATION 

Rochester  

New  York  

a 

Saratoga  

Albany   

Poughkeepsie. 
New  York  

Brooklyn.  

Troy  

New  York  

(( 

a 

Albany  

New  York  

Brooklyn  

New  York  

Albany  

New  York  

u 
ii 

Brooklyn  

New  York  

Brooklyn  

New  York  

Troy  

New  York  

Albion  

Saugerties  

New  York  

Brooklyn  

Binghampton  . 
New  York  

Utica  

New  York  

Ithaca  


AMOUNT. 

250  00 
66  66 

50  00 

ICQ  GO 

50  GO 
25  GG 

lOG  GG 

51  GO 
25  00 

100  GO 
IGG  GG 

50  00 
IGG  00 

283  33 

IGG  GG 

IGG  00 

106  00 

IGG  00 

66  67 
33  33 

IGG  00 

50  GO 

IGG  03 

IGG  GG 

133  30 

IGG  GG 

466  67 

IGG  GG 

75  00 

50  00 

56  67 

15G  GG 

25  00 
IGG  GG 

lOG  GG 

50  00 
IGG  GG 

25  00 

50  00 

10  00 

120  00 


44 


NEW 


Appendix. 
YORK —  Continued. 


NO.  I 


LOCATION. 


Pilgrim   

Cryptic  

Neshoba  

Brookhaven  

Niagara  Falls  

German  Oak  , ..  _ 

Piermont   

Warren  

Pacific  

Richmond  County.  _ 

Suffolk   

Allen  

Athenian  

Salina  

Ogdensburg  

Otsego  

"      Bros,  of  

Mechanics'  

Montauk  

Valatie  

Smyrna  .  _  _ 

Continental  

Solon  

Polar  Star  

The  Woods  

Oneko  

Jefferson  Union  

William  Tell  

Schiller  

Steuben   

Mount  Sinai  

Oundiaga  

Humboldt  

United  States  

Diamond  _ . 

Hempstead   

Ustayantha  _ . 

Worth   

Schuyler  

Neptune  

Astoria  

Oswegatchie  


74 
75 
78 
80 
81 
82 

83 
84 

85 
88 
90 
92 
96 

97 
98 
103 

n 

114 

115 
116 
117 
118 
119 
121 
122 
124 

125 
129 

133 

135 
136 

138 

139 
T40 
141 

143 
146 

147 
152 
155 
156 


New  York  

Peekskill  . ... 

Malone  

Patchogue  

Suspension  Bridge.. 

New  York  

Piermont  

New  York  

Flushing   . . . 

N.  Shore,  Richmond. 

Sag  Harbor  

Hudson  

Troy  

Syracuse  

Ogdensburg  

Cooperstown  _  , 


New  York 
Brooklyn. . 
Valatie  ._. 
Smyrna  . . . 
New  York 


New  Utrecht  

Nyack  

Watertown  

Brooklyn  

New  York  

Brooklyn  

New  York  

Onondaga  Valley 

Rochester  

New  York  .  


Hempstead  

Port  Jervis  

New  York  

Utica  

Stapleton,  Staten  Is.. 

Astoria  

Oswego  -  


Appendix. 


45 


NEW  YORK— Continued. 


NAME. 


Farmers  &  Mechanics 

Spring  Valley  

Elk  Creek,  Bros,  of  

Accord  - 

Uncas  

Rhinebeck  

Magnolia  

Marathon,  Bros,  of  

Collins  

Freeman's  

Morrisania  

Patterson  

Eureka  

Greenport  

Lincoln   

Point  Gratiot  

Alleghania .  l  

Constellation  

Hendrick  Hudson  

Yorktown  

Goethe  

North  Pembroke  

Moun>  Vernon  

Canadesaga  

Batavia.   

Parma  

Stella  

Harlem  .  .  _ .  ....  

South  East  1 202 

Canasawacta  1 205 

Olympic  

Emanuel  

Attilla  

Spartan  

Robert  Blum  

Beethoven  

Jordan   

Cayadutta  

Manoca  .  _  

Guttenberg  

Ellicott   

Stafford   


157 
158 

159 
160 
161 
162 
166 
167 
168 
170 
171 

173 
177 
179 
180 
181 

183 
184 
189 
191 

193 
194 

195 
196 
197 
199 
200 
201 


207 

208 


209 
210 
213 
214 

215 
218 
219 
220 
221 
222 


LOCATION. 

Greenbush.  

Dobb's  Ferry  

Westford  

Accord  

Lafayette  

Rhinebeck  

Brooklyn  

Marathon  

Belleville  

Walden  

Morrisania  

Patterson  

New  York  

Greenport  

Syracuse   

Dunkirk  

New  York  

Lockport  

Catskill  

Jefferson  Valley. 

Morrisania  

North  Pembroke 
Mount  Vernon  _ . 

Watkins   

Batavia  

Parma  Corners  _  _ 

Brooklyn  

Harlem  

Brewster  Station 

Norwich  

New  York  

Port  Jervis  

Cohoes  

New  York  

Jordan   

Johnstown  

Waverley  .  _ 

Amsterdam  

Jamestown  

Stafford  


AMOUNT. 

100  GO 

15  00 

5  00 
50  00 
50  00 

10  GO 

33  33 

6  5G 

2G  GG 

6  67 
216  67 

IG  GO 

75  00 

25  GO 
IGG  GG 

30  43 
50  OG 
25  GG 

IGG  GG 
25  GG 

IGG  GG 
2G  GG 

16  67 
24  90 
52  GG 

5  00 

IGG  GG 

14  50 

I  I  GG 

IG  GG 

IGG  GG 

IGG  GG 

16  67 
36  67 

IG  GG 

11  33 
18  33 

17  65 

29  GG 


46 


Appendix. 


NEW  YORK— Continued. 


NAME. 

SocrMes  

Oriental  

Ceres  

Mozart  

Schenectady  

Gloversville,  Bros  of 

Henry  Clay  

Arndt   

Yonkers    _ 

Olive  Leaf  

Peabody . .  

Red  Jacket  

Govvanus   

Adelphia  

Colfax  

Yorkville  

Jamaica  

Rhine  . 

Southern  Central  ... 

Marvin  

Arminia  

Thos.  Wildey  

Beaverwyck  

Guiding  Star  

Monticello ...  

Daniel  Webster  

Farragut  

Grahamville  

Mount  Nebo  

Orient   

Gustave  Adolph  

Jupiter  

Woodbine   . 

Goodwill   

Unity,  Bros,  of  

Star  of  the  East  


I  NO. 

223 
224 
225 
226 
227 
228 
230 
231 
232 

234 
238 

239 
240 
242 
244 
247 
248 
249 
252 
256 

257 
261 
262 
263 
264 
265 
268 
269 

273 
274 
276 
278 
280 
283 
284 


LOCATION. 


AMOUNT. 


Brooklyn  

Buffalo  

Brooklyn  

New  York.  _ 
Schenectady 
Gloversville 
New  York  - . 


Yonkers  . . 
Greenport 
New  York. 

Buffalo  

Brooklyn, . 
Cochecton . 
New  York. 


Jamaica. .  

Troy  

Weedsport  

College  Point 
New  York  


Albany   

New  York  . . . 
Schuylerville 
New  York . . . 


Grahamville 
New  York. . 
Rochester . . 
Hortenville. 
New  York  - . 

Brooklyn  

New  York . . 


DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 


Watertown,  estimated 


I    S     20  00 


Appendix. 


47 


NEW  YORK— Continued. 

FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

Mount  Horeb. 
Mount  Vernon 

Bethlehem  

Mam  re  


NO. 


lO 

20 


LOCATION. 

New  York  

Buffalo  

Brooklyn  

New  York  


AMOUNT. 


50  00 

50  00 

50  00 

41  67 

191  67 


FROM  DEGREE  LODGE. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT, 

United  Brothers  

5 

New  York  

,  $   200  00 

FROM  OTHER  SOURCES.  ( 


Bro.  Aj'ch.  Cowan  |    f     20  00 


CASH  RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED. 


To  Jacob  Russell,  Grand  Treasurer  |    $    206  46 


TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 

Total  amount  cash  contributed  

"  returned  

Retained  by  Committee  

Value  of  Donations   

Amount  retained  for  relief  


$10,832  17 

206  46 

$10,625  71 

20  00 

$10,645  71 


48 


Appendix, 


NEW  YORK— Continued. 

DONATIONS  SENT   BUT   NOT  RECEIVED.'^ 


NAME. 

Teutonia  

Lafayette  

Poughkeepsie  

Mohegan  

Phoenix  (Regalia) 

Cataract  

Havana  

Kosciusko  

Schoneghtada  

Cornucopia  

Venus  

Minerva  

Steuben   

Hudson  City  

Mount  Ararat  

Union  (Regalia). 

Talmud  

Mozart  


NO. 


i8 

21 
29 
41 

54 
56 
86 

87 
106 
120 
130 

133 
142 
144 
169 
204 
226 


LOCATION. 

New  York  

Wappinger's  Falls. 

Poughkeepsie  

Baldwinsville  . 

Albany   

Lockport  

Havana  

Kingston  

Albany  . 

New  York  

a 

Brooklyn  

Hudson  

Greenport  

Brooklyn  . 

Wellsville  

New  York  

6  barrels  potatoes.. 


200  00 
50  00 
50  00 

ICQ  GO 

100  GO 

100  OG 

50  OG 

50  GO 

20G  GO 

50  GO 

I  GO  GO 

IGG  GO 

2GG  GO 

2GG  GO 
50  GO 


$1,700  GO 


NEVADA 


FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Silver  City  

Mount  Davidson 

Carson  

Dayton  

Nevada  _  

Washoe  


NO. 

2 

3 
4 
5 
7 


LOCATION. 


Silver  City  _ . 
Virginia  City 
Carson  City. 

Dayton  

Virginia  City 
Washoe  City. 


AMOUNT. 


44 
278 

55 
44 
1 1 1 


♦These  amounts  are  reported  by  Jacob  Russell,  M.W.Grand  Treasurer,  as  having 
been  sent  direct  to  Chicago,  but  not  received  by  this  Committee  : 


Appendix. 


49 


NEVADA —  Continued. 


NAME, 

Austin  

Virginia  

Olive  Branch 

Fruche  

Reno  

Humboldt  . . 

Hamilton  

Elko  

Utah  


NO. 


9 

lO 
12 

14 

19 
16 

17 


LOCATION. 

Austin   

Virginia  City  

Reno  I 

"   -----f 

Winnemucca  

Hamilton  

Elko  ....^  

Utah  Territory  


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


Pioneer 


LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Virginia  City  

$     ICQ  GO 

FROM  R.  D.  LODGES. 


Colfax 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


AMOUNT. 


Virginia  City   $     55  50 


TOTAL  CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges  

"  Encampments. 
"     R.  D.  Lodges 


$1,470  25 
100  00 

55  50 


Total     $  1,625  75 


NORTH  CAROLINA. 


FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

NO. 

2 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Cape  Fear    

Wilmington   

S    50  00 

50 


Appendix. 


OHIO. 


FROM  LODGES. 


Ohio   I 

Cincinnati   3 

Franklin   !  4 

Montgomery   5 

Charity   7 

Wayne   10 

Union   12 

Lebanon   15 

Hope  --■   16 

Hamilton   17 

Marion     18 

Mansfield   19 

Friendship.    21 

Chillicothe   24 

Erie   27 

Muskingum   28 

Columbia   32 

Seneca   35 

Valley   36 

Huron  _    37 

Wapaukonica   38 

Nimisilla   39 

New  Haven   41 

Wooster   42 

Chosen  Friends   45 

Clermont   49 

Summit   50 

Olentangy   53 

Covenant   54 

William  Penn   56 

Grand  River...   57 

Apollo   61 

Mount  Pleasant   63 

Ogontz   66 

Fidelity   71 

Tecumseh    80 

Goshen   82 

Magnolia   83 

Bros,  of--.-  " 

Mohican   85 


LOCATION. 


Cincinnati  

Dayton  

Lancaster  

Dayton  

Warrentown  

Lebanon   

Middletown  . . . 

Hamilton  

Miamisburgh  _ . 

A[ansfield  .  

Germantown  

Chillicothe  

Cleveland  

Zanesville  

Circleville  

Tiffin  

McConnellsville 

Norwalk  

Toledo  

Canton  

New  Haven  

Wooster  

New  Lexington 

Milford  

Akron  

Delaware  .. . 

Somerville  .  ... 

Cincinnati  

Madison  

Middleburg  ._  _ 
Mount  Pleasant 

Sandusky   

Cincinnati  

Chillicothe  

Canal  Dover  

Cincinnati  

a  ^ 

Ashland  


AMOUNT. 

^      100  GO 

300  00 

100  00 

217  00 

100  GO 

205  GG 

IG  GO 

20G  GG 

IGG  GG 

25  GG 

IGG  GG 

75  00 

200  GO 

100  GG 

100  GO 

100  00 

50  00 

25  00 

100  00 

75  00 

IGG  GO 

IG  GO 

25  GG 

15  GG 

25  GO 

100  00 

I  GO  GO 

20  00 

IGG  GG 

IG  GG 

50  OG 

IG  GO 

25  GG 

50  00 

IGG  00 

10  00 

I,OGO  00 

5  00 
30  00 


Appendix. 


51 


OHIO  —  Continued. 


LOCATION. 


Marysville  .|  87 

Concordia   1  88 

Clinton  i  92 

Nachee  j  94 

Sewanie   - 1  95 


Milton 

Eagle  

New  Philadelphia 

Fulton   

Morrow  

Larmatine  . . 

Bellevue  

Amity  . . 

Woodbine  

Clement  

Cadiz  

Vesper  

Springdale  

Social   

Metropolitan  

Good  Will  

Relief   1148 

Woodward  '149 


99 
100 

107 
1 12 
116 
118 
123 
124 
126 
129 
130 
131 
135 
139 
142 

143 


Mohawk  

Lynchburgh 
Flag  Spring 


150 
151 
152 
155 
157 
161 


Canfield 
Rural  . . . 
Richland 

Fairfield   -|i63 

Auglaize  1 168 

Mount  Gilead  I169 

American .  _  -  -  '170 

Palmetto   -!i75 

Crystal  Fount  1176 


Teutonia 


177 


j  Marysville  

I  New  Lisbon  

!  New  Vienna  

j  Monroeville  

I  Felicity  

j  Milton  

Cincinnati  

New  Philadelphia 

Cincinnati.  

Morrow  

Ripley   

Bellevue  

Salem  

Mount  Healthy  ... 


Bridgeport 

Cadiz  

Neville  

Springdale  . 

Addison  

Cincinnati  -  _ 
Steubenville 
Springboro'- 
Cincinnati- . 


Lynchburgh  . 

Newtown  

Canfield  

Rural  Dale-. 

Mansfield  

Pleasantville  - 
Wapakonetta  . 
Mount  Gilead 
Cincinnati  


Vulcan  '178 

Lily  of  the  Valley  '179 

Boston    189 

Mount  Carmel  190 

Laurel  ji9i 

Horicon  1 192 


!  Lockland  Station 

Boston  

Mount  Carrael-- 

Madisonville  

Gratiot  


25  00 

75  00 

25  00 

40  00 

50  00 

13  00 

300  00 

50  00 

50  00 

25  00 

10  00 

50  00 

ICQ  00 

50  00 

30  00 
50  00 

15  00 
10  00 

16  GO 
ICQ  GO 

25  00 

163  25 

100  00 

50  00 

31  OG 
2G  GO 

IGG  GO 
IG  GO 

5  00 

25  GO 

39  00 

I  GO  GO 

IGO  GO 

IGG  GO 

100  00 

IGO  GO 

50  GO 

10  00 

90  GO 

15  00 

2G  GO 


52 


Appendix. 


OHIO  —  Continued. 


NAME. 

Pleasant  Valley 

Cumberland  

Baltimore  

Schiller  

Hermann  

Emerald  

Home  

Gallon  

Tarlton  

Protection  

Belmont  City  _  _ 

Minerva  

Auburn  

Temple  

Queen  City  

Angola  

Phoenix  

Dove  - 

Mill  Creek.... 

Delhi  

Van  Wert  

Industry  

Beacon   

Hocking  Valley 

Glenn  

Alliance  

Sparta  

Westfield  

Ark  

Humboldt  

Hopewell  

Blanchard   

Wood  Grove 

Hemlock  

Chagrin  Falls  . 
North  Western 

Caledonia  

Cambridge  

Fostoria  

Edenton  

Deep  Cut  

Oakley  


NO. 


1 93 
200 
202 
206 
208 
211 
214 

215 
218 
219 
221 
222 
226 
227 
229 
231 

233 
234 
249 
250 

251 
256 

258 
262 
263 
266 
268 
269 
270 

274 
276 
284 
288 
289 
290 
296 

299 
301 

305 
308 

3ii 
317 


LOCATION. 

Pleasant  Valley  

Cumberland  

Baltimore  

Dayton  

Cincinnati  

New  Petersboro  

Brunswick  

Gabon   _ . 

Tarlton  

Frankfort  

Martinsville  

Minerva  

Aurburn   

Washington  C.  H.  . 

Cincinnati  

Williamsburg  

Cleveland   

Mount  Washington 

Cumminsville  

Delhi  

Van  Wert  

Lena  

Doylestown  . . 

Logan   

Brooklyn  _ 

Alliance  .  _ 

Sparta   

Westfield  

Worth  ington.  

Cincinnati.  

Jefferson  

Ottawa  

Seeleysville  

Unionville  

Chagrin  Falls  

Cincinnati  

Caledonia   

Cambridge  

Fostoria   

Edenton  

Deep  Cut   

Tiffin  


AMOUNT. 


15  GO 

10  GO 

IG  GG 

2GG  GG 

IGG  GO 

5  00 

18  GG 

20  GG 

IG  GG 

2G  GG 

10  GG 

25  GG 

50  00 

IGG  GO 

25  00 

25  00 

100  GO 

24  8:; 

15  GG 

5  00 
107  75 

50  00 

15  GG 

25  GG 
15  GG 

100  00 

25  00 

41  GG 

IG  GG 

31  15 

39  00 

2GO  00 
30  2G 

25  07 

50  00 

IG  GG 

28  25 

50  00 


Appendix. 


53 


OHIO  —  Continued. 


NAME. 


NO. 


Green  Springs  

Guttenberg  

Wakatomo  

Ivy    

Concord  

Day  

Windsor  

Harries   

William  Tell  

Losanteville  - 

Hockhocking  1339 

High  Hill   .I340 

Syringa   [^42 


3i« 
319 
321 

324 
325 
328 

329 
331 
335 
336 


Vienna 

Empire  

Spencer   

Eclipse  -  - . 

Palmer   

Harmonia  

Morgan  _  

Wauseon  

Williams  

McArt^iur  

Wilstach  

Lansing  

Bluffton  

Pearson  

East  Liverpool 

Rush  

Covington  

Anchor  1387 

Lincoln  1388 

Orion  1390 

393 
394 
398 
401 

405 
408 
409 
411 
413 


345 
346 
347 
348 
351 
358 
361 
362 
363 
364 
368 

369 
371 
372 
379 
381 
383 


Dover 

Forest  

Star  

Kirkup  

Kansas  

Manheim  

Texas  .  

Truro  

Robert  Blum 


LOCATION. 

Green  Springs  

Marietta  

Chandlersville  

Omega   

Hayesville   

LaRue  

Windsor  _  

Harries  

Cincinnati   _ 

a 

Nelsonville  _ .  _  

High  Hill   

Centerfield  

Vienna  X  Roads  

North  Royalton  

Columbia.  _  

Cincinnati   

Lower  Salem.  

Columbus   _  _ 

Pennsville  

W^auseon    

Hebron  

McArthur   

New  Martinsburg  

Waverley  

Bluffton  

Kingston  

East  Liverpool  

Rushsylvania  

Covington  

Cleveland  

Cincinnati  - ....  

Washingtonville  

Dover  _ .  

Forrest  

Middleport   

Cincinnati  

Kansas   

Canton  

Texas  

Reynoldsburg  

Toledo   


54 


Appendix, 


OHIO  —  Continued. 


NAME. 

North  Bend..  

Ashley   

Bros,  of  

Wapatomica  _  

Fair  Haven  

Ada   

Kern   

Shoenbrunn  

Fayette.   

Richmond  

Brainbridge  .  _  

Lowell  

Silver  Moon  

New  Bedford   

Eureka  

Madeira  

Jaeger  

Syracuse   

Elmore  

Powell  

Keith   

Johnsonville  

Globe  

Grand  Valley  

Fairmount  _  

Durban   

Evansport  

Adrian   

Augusta   

Huston   

Citizens  of  

Straitsville  

I.  O.  O.  F.  and  Citizens 


419 
421 

n 

424 

425 
427 
428 
430 
431 

434 
437 
438 
440 
446 

447 
448 

449 
453 
462 

465 
466 
469 
470 

471 
4S0 
487 
489 
494 

499 
500 

503 


LOCATION. 

Cleves  

Ashley   _ . 

<< 

Zanesfield  _ . 

Fair  Haven  

Ada   

Bellaire   

New  Philadelphia  ... 

Gorham   

Richmond  

Brainbridge  

Lowell  

South  Perry  

New  Bedford  

Withamsville  

Madeira.   

Amherst  

Syracuse   , 

Elmore  , 

Powell.   

Keith  

Johnsville  

Cincinnati  

Camp  Dennison  

Cincinnati   

Nashport   

Evansport   

Adrian   

Augusta  

Oliver  Branch,  Cler-  ) 

mont  County  j 

New  Straitsville  

Salem  .  _  


AMOUNT. 


100  00 
50  00 
70  00 

25  00 

5  50 
12  00 

50  00 
20  75 
28  00 
25  00 

25  GO 

25  00 

10  00 

20  GO 

10  OG 

18  5G 

12  GG 

7  GG 

25  GG 

51  5^ 

12  35 

23  GO 
69  GO 
2G  00 

25  00 

10  GG 

2G  GG 

13  GG 
IG  GG 

25  25 

48  GG 
136  GG 


$11,567  37 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 


Wildey 
Butler. 


NO. 

I 
7 


LOCATION. 


Cincinnati 
Hamilton  . 


IGG  GG 
2G  GG 


Appendix, 


55 


OHIO  —  Continued. 


ENCAMPMENTS. 


Washington  

Pickaway  

Mohiccon  

Mad  River..  

Shawnee   

Cincinnati  ,  _  

Eureka  

Erie  

Hochhocking  

Mahketewah  

Milford   

Hesperia  

Kokosing   

Bethesda  

Amelia  

Lafayette  

Philadelph(m  

Preble  

Madison  

Marion  

Fremont  

Bellefontaine  

Germantown  

Addison  

Charter  Oak  

Anderson  

North  Wing  

Golden  Rule  

Concordia  

Lincoln   

Alliance  

Good  Will  

Canton   

Nelsonville  _  

Bellair  I122 

Ashley  

Jewett  

Ravenna  

"  Lodge  . . . 
Ashland    


9 
1 1 

13 
16 
20 
22 
24 
27 
28 
32 
34 
37 
38 
39 
45 
51 
53 
54 
60 
61 
64 
73 
74 
75 
77 
85 
88 
92 
96 
100 
104 
III 
112 


125 
128 
129 

65 
130 


LOCATION. 


Cincinnati   

Circleville  

Mansfield  . 

Springfield   _ . 

Xenia. .  

Cincinnati  

Massilon   

Sandusky   

Lancaster  

Cincinnati  

Milford  

Cincinnati  

Mount  Vernon  

New  Philadelphia  _ 

Amelia  

Ripley  

Cincinnati  

Eaton  

Madisonville  

Van  Wert.  

Fremont  

Bellefontaine  

Germantown  

Addison  

Cincinnati  

Columbia  _  _ 

Cleveland  

Findlay  

Columbus  

Lebanon   

Alliance  

Salem    

Canton  

Nelsonville  

Bellair  

Ashley   

Uhrichsville  

Ravenna   

Ashland  


ICQ  00 

100  00 

20  00 

50  00 

5  00 
200  00 
25  00 
25  00 
25  00 
200  00 
25  00 
50  00 
25  00 
15  00 
15  00 
5  00 

ICQ  GO 
10  00 
10  00 

5  00 

10  GO 
IG  OG 
15  GO 

5  00 

50  00 
IG  OG 

50  00 
25  GG 

50  00 

lOG  GG 

IG  GG 

IG  GG 

50  00 

10  00 

10  OG 

10  GG 

20  00 

ICQ  00 

10  00 


S6 


Appendix. 


OHIO  —  Continued. 

ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 


Maumee  Valley. 

Versailles  

American  

Jefferson  


132 

138 

143 
146 


LOCATION. 


Napoleon  

Versailles  

Mount  Carmel 
Jefferson  


AMOUNT. 


5  00 
10  00 
30  00 
10  00 


$1,740  00 


FROM   R.   D.  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Ivy  

Colfax 
Grace  . 


39 


165  00 
10  00 

10  GO 


S   185  80 


FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


Relief  Committee  I.  O.  O.  F,,  Seneca  County  

A  Brother  in  Cincinnati,  by  A.  Cripe  

E.  J.  Mallory,  Steubenville,  O.    

H.  L.  Stiles,  drayage  returned   

Wilstach,  Baldwin  &  Co.,  donation  of  printing  bill 
Cincinnati  Committee,  sale  of  goods  


17  00 

5  00 

2  00 

2  GO 

2G  75 

23  G7 


S    69  82 


DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 


Relief  Committee  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Cincinnati,  goods, 
value    

From  Michigan,  for  account  Cincinnati  Committee, 
I  Crate  Crockery  

(The  above  was  paid  for  out  of  the  above  mentioned  donations). 

Relief  Committee,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  Seneca  County  


J8,GOG  GG 

112  OG 
I,g67  GG 


$9>i79  00 


Appendix. 


57 


OHIO  — Continued. 


SENT  BY  RELIEF  COMMITTEE,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  CINCINNATI,  TO  LODGES 
AND  ENCAMPMENTS,  AS  PER  REPORT. 


Cash   . 

Sixteen  Bibles 
Eight  Gavels  _ 


200  00 
68  00 


$    433  64 


AMOUNT  OF  CASH   RECEIVED   BY   RELIEF  COMMITTEE,  I.  O.  O.  F., 

CHICAGO. 


From  J.  E.  Bell,  Chairman,  Cincinnati  

"     Jos.  Dowdall,  R.  W.  G.  Scribe  

"     Lodges,  Encampments,  and  others  direct 


Total  goods  valued  and  cash  received  by  Committee 
"     value  Bibles,  Gavels  and  cash  for  Lodges  and 
Encampments    


$    300  00 

550  00 
1,483  00 


$2,333  00 


1,512  00 
433  64 


$11,945  64 


Balances  retained  by  Cincinnati  Committee  or  oth- 
erwise expended,  as  per  their  report  

in  hands  of  Jos.  Dowdall,  R.  W.  G. 
Scribe  


$  2,593  55 

90  GO 

$  2,683  55 


RECAPITULATION. 


Donations  from  Lodges  for  Chicago  and  the  North- 
west  _  $10,165  37 

Donations  from  Encampments  for  Chicago  and  the: 

Northwest  i     1,050  00 

Donations  from  R.  D.  Lodges  for  Chicago  and  the 

Northwest     176  00 

Donations  from  other  sources  for  Chicago  and  the 

Northwest   47  82 

SiJ>439  19 


58 


Appendix. 


OHIO  —  Continued. 

RECAPITULATION  CONTINUED. 


As  reported  by  the  Cincinnati  Committee,  _ 
Donations  from  Encampments  to  Chicago  as  re- 
ported by  J.  Dowdall,  R.  W.  G.  Scribe  

Donations  from  Lodges  to  Chicago  direct_$i,4oi  oo 
"  "    Encampments      "        _       50  00 

"  R.  D.  Lodges  "  .  10  00 
"    other  sources       "        .       22  00 


Total  cash  contributed 


$  640  00 

1,483  00 
^13,562  19 


ONTARIO  (Canada). 


FROM  LODGES. 


Brock   

Union  

Chatham  

Eureka  . . 

Gore   -  - 

Samaritan  

Forest  City  

Avon   - 

Excelsior  

Unity   .  - 

Dominion  

Canada  

Otter  

Bissell  -  

Covenant  .  

Niagara  Falls  

Collingwood  

Queen  City  of  Ontario 

Howard  

Wardsville  

Corinthian  

Huron  

Friendship  .  _  _ . 

Florence  Nightingale. 


NO. 

9 

16 

29 

30 
34 
35 
38 
41 
44 
47 
48 

49 
50 
51 
52 
53 
54 
56 
58 
60 
61 
62 

65 
66 


LOCATION. 


Brockville  

St,  Catherines 

Chatham  

London  

Brant  ford  

IngersoU  

London   

Stratford  

Hamilton  

London   

Toronto. .  

Tilsonburg  _ . , 

Mitchell  

Toronto  

Clifton  

Collingwood  _ 

Toronto  

Strathroy  

Wardsville  

Oshawa  

Goderich  

Petrolia  

Bowmanville . 


50  00 
ICQ  00 
99  87 
33  33 

ICQ  00 

100  00 

ICQ  00 

100  00 

50  00 

ICQ  00 

ICQ  00 

125  00 

20  00 

15  00 

125  00 

90  20 

50  00 

40  00 

25  00 
13  00 

26  50 
191  50 

43  00 

50  00 


Appendix. 


59 


ONTARIO,  (Canada)— Continued. 


Eastern  Star  

Fergus    

Bothwell  

Warriner  

Oxford  

Premium  on 


72 
73 
74 
75 
77 
gold 


LOCATION. 

Whitby   

Fergus   

Bothwell  

Port  Perry  

IngersoU  


AMOUNT. 

)     25  00 

ICQ  00 

25  CO 

20  50 

10  GO 

13  06 


$1,940  96 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 


Burlington   7  Hamilton 


NO. 


LOCATION, 


AMOUNT. 


$       25  GO 


TOTAL  CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges  

"  Encampments 

Total  


$1,940  96 

2q  00 


^1,905  96 


Chemeketa. 


OREGON. 

FROM  LODGES. 


2 
7 
9 
12 

15 
17 

18 


LOCATION. 


j    I  Salem 


Samaritan  

Barnum  

Spencer  Butte  

Covenant  

Hassalo  

Orient  

Olive  

Minerva   19 

Buena  Vista   24 

Baker  City  |  25 

Eliam  I  31 

Premium  on  gold 


Portland  

Corvallis  . 

Eugene  City  _ . 
Harrisburg  _ . . 

Portland  

East  Portland. 

Salem  _  

Portland  

Buena  Vista  _ . 

Baker  City  

Malheur  City 


AMOUNT. 


^     229  GO 

287  35 

27  50 

60  GO 

10  GO 

342  GG 

113  50 

55  00 

115  00 

21  25 

69  GG 

40  GO 

 53  31 

$1,422  91 


6o 


Appendix. 


OREGON  —  Continued. 

WASHINGTON  TERRITORY. 


Olympia  . . 
Vancouver 


NO. 

I 

3 


LOCATION. 


Olympia  _ . 
Vancouver 


AMOUNT. 


*     55  oo 

I  GO  GO 


S  155  00 


IDAHO  TERRITORY. 


■NAME. 


Pioneer . 
Owyhee 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


Idaho  City 
Silver  City. 


AMOUNT. 


$      IGO  GO 
I  GO  00 


$      2GG  GO 


FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


W.  B.  Stevens..     

1 

2 

CO 

Two  Brothers    

2 

GO 

$ 

4 

GO 

RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Olive  Branch  

4 

Seatle,  W.  T  1  $     25  go 

TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Oregon  Lodges  

"     Washington  Territory  Lodges. 

"     Idaho  Territory  Lodges  

"     Other  Sources  


Less  amount  returned   

Amount  retained  for  Relief. 


$  1,422  91 

180  GO 

2GO  00 

4  GO 


$i,8g6  91 
25  00 


$1,781  91 


Appendix. 


6i 


PENNSYLVANIA 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

Grand  Lodge.  

Pennsylvania  

Washington   

Morning  Star  

Franklin  

General  Marion  

Hermann  

Rising  Sun  - 

Mechanics   

Philomathean  _  _ 

Kensington   

Jefferson  

Philadelphia  

Philanthropic  

Harmony  

North  Liberties  

Lafayette   

Amity  

Miners  

Teutonia  

Adelpl^a  -  

Friendship  

Western  Star  

America  

Penn  

Schuylkill  

Heneosis  Adelphon  

Robert  Morris  

McFarlane  

Manayunk  

Duquesne.  

Decatur   

United  States  

Columbian  

Monroe   

Benevolent  

Southern   

Hancock  

Haydn  

William  Tell-  


I 

2 

4 

5 
6 

7 

8 

9 

lO 

1 1 

12 

13 
15 
i6 

17 
i8 

19 
20 
21 
22 

23 
24 

25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
32 
33 
34 
36 
38 
40 

41 
43 
44 
45 


LOCATION. 


Philadelphia .  _ 

u 
(i 
II 
a 

Frankford  

Pittsburg  

Germantown  . 
Philadelphia . . 

u 
II 
u 
(( 
u 
(( 
u 

Pottsville  

Philadelphia . . 

II 

Pittsburg  . 

Philadelphia -- 

Port  Carbon. . 
Philadelphia  -  _ 

Alleghany  City 
Philadelphia.  _ 

Pittsburg  

Philadelphia. . 

u 
<( 

Village  Green. 
Philadelphia. . 

Pottsville  

Pittsburg  


AMOUNT. 


1,000  GO 
II  GO 

54  40 

I  GO  GG 

IGG  GG 

31  60 

61  GG 

22  10 

IGG  GO 

194  GG 

72  GO 

28  8g 
31  6g 

72  GO 

100  GO 

25  00 

lOG  GG 

36  GG 

61  GO 

25  GG 

56  60 

11  GO 
222  GG 

12  86 
100  00 

19  40 

58  8g 

122  GG 

III  GG 

I  GO  GO 

22  GG 

36 


72 


88  8g 

144  GO 
III  GO 

25  00 
25  00 
ICQ  00 

19  75 

250  GG 


62 


Appendix. 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


NAME. 

Excelsior  _  

Birmingham  

Allegheny   

Girard  

Northern  Star  

Social  

Montgomery  

Cambrian  

Montgomery  

Concordia  

Adam  _  _  ■_  

Beaver  Meadow  

Hand  in  Hand  

Gomer  

Hazelton   _ 

Roxborough   

Lancaster  

Harrisburg  

Allen  

Mount  Zion  

Columbus  -  -  

Mauch  Chunk  

Brotherly  Love  

Keystone  

Howard  

Susquehanna  

Charity  

Lehigh  

Mutual  

Friendly  

"      by  Committee 

Harmony  

Hopkins  ^  

Freedom  

Good  Samaritan  

Cumberland  ._. 

Carlisle  

Hope  

Doylestown  

Lewisburg  

Lewistown   

Clinton  


NO. 

46 
48 

49 
53 
54 
56 
57 
58 

59 
60 
61 
62 

63 
64 

65 
66 

67 
68 

71 
74 

75 
76 

77 
78 

79 
80 
82 

83 

84 

85 
« 

86 

87 
88 
89 
90 
91 
93 
94 
96 

97 
98 


LOCATION. 

Philadelphia  

Buchanan   

Pittsburg  1 

Pottsville  

Richboro  

Minersville  

Norristown  

Carbondale  

Reading  

Catawissa  

Philadelphia  

Beaver  Meadow. 

Frankford  

Pittsburg  

Hazelton  

Roxborough   

Lancaster  

Harrisburg  

Allentown  

York  

Chambersburg  _ . 
Mauch  Chunk 

Kutztown  

Bethlehem  

Honesdale  

Columbia  

Halifax  

Allentown  

Milton  

Macungie  P.  O.  . 

Tamaqua  

Bristol  

Honesdale  

Philadelphia  

Shippensburg  _ . . 

Carlisle   

Philadelphia  

Doylestown  

Lewisburg.  

Lewistown  

Lock  Haven  


Appendix. 
PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


63 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


AMOUNT. 


Spring  Garden   99 

Chosen  Friends  jioo 

Symmetry  ...  1103 

Empire  1104 

Salome  !io5 

Presque  Isle  

Cussewago  

Montour  

Crystal  Fount  

Fatherland  

Lycoming  

Oriental  I113 

Covenant  I114 

Bros,  of  '  " 

Brady  

Juniata  

Iris  _   

Hollidaysburg  

Carrol    

Bernville  

Gettys  

Mount  Tabor  ji25 

Paradise  127 

Elizabethtown  

Industry  

Miffintown  

General  Harrison. 


107 
108 
109 
110 
III 
112 


116 
117 
118 
119 
120 
122 
124 


128 
130 
131 
133 


Fort  Penn  134 

Fidelity  

Van  Camp  

Shiloh  


138 
140 
142 

Mount  Vernon  I143 

144 

145 
146 

147 
148 

150 
151 
153 
154 
155 


Fourth  of  July. 

Fredonia  

Southwark  . . 
Metamora  .  _ 
Pine  Grove  . 
Metropolitan 

Montrose  

Centre  

Green  HilL. 
Vigilant  . 


Philadelphia. 


Hamburg  

Philadelphia- 
Reading   :_ 

Erie  

Meadville  

Danville  

Philadelphia. 

Easton  

Williamsport 
Philadelphia. 


Muncy  _ 

Huntingdon  

Bethany  . .  

Hollidaysburg  

Schuylkill  Haven  

Bernville  

Gettysburg  

Shamokin  

Philadelphia  

Elizabethtown  

Manayunk   __ 

Miffintown  

Philadelphia   

Stroudsburg  

Philadelphia  

Bloomsburg  

Philadelphia  

Shewsbury  

Philadelphia  


Reading  

Pine  Grove - 
Philadelphia 
Montrose  ... 
Bellefonte . . 
Philadelphia. 


64 


Appendix. 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


NAME. 


Olive  Leaf   

Germania  

Golden  Rule  

Dauphin  _   

Pequa.   

Bradford  

Emblematic  

Capouse  

Walhalla  

Mount  Dempsey  

Conodoguinit  

DeKalb  

United  Brothers  

Bros,  of 

Orionto  

Bros,  qf  

Wissahickon  

Iron  City  

Perseverance  

Farmers  &  Mechanics. 

Justice    

Prospect   

Star  of  Bethlehem  

Conemaugh  

Lykens. . .   

Aquetong  

Shenango  

Northumberland  

Clearfield   

Star  of  Hope  

Pacific  _   

Enterprise  

Bedford  

Sunbury  .  -  -  -  - 

Centre  Square  

Evergreen  

Cincinnatus   

Old  Monongahela  

Merion   

York  Springs  

Phoenix  

Manatawnv  .  . . 


NO. 

156 
158 
159 
i6c 
161 
167 
169 
170 
171 
172 

173 
174 
176 

177 
(( 

178 
182 
183 
185 
186 
187 

190 
191 
192 
193 
195 
196 
198 
199 
200 
201 
202 
203 
204 
205 
206 
209 
210 
211 
212 
214 


LOCATION. 


Carbondale  

Reading  

Woraelsdorf  

Harrisburg  

Paradise  

Tovvanda  

Reading  

Hyde  Park   

Philadelphia  

Landisburg  

Newville  

Philadelphia   

McAlevy's  Fort__.  ) 

--•s 

Attleboro'  


Flourtown. . 

Pittsburg  

Millersburg- 

Linwood  

Philadelphia 


Johnstown  

Berry  sou  rg  

Doylestown  

New  Castle  

Northumberland 

Clearfield  

Coatesville  

Philadelphia  


Bedford  

Sunbury   

Centre  Square 

Duncannon  

Philadelphia. . 

Elizabeth  

Cabinet  

York  Springs  . 
Phoenixville  . . 
Pottstown  


Appendix. 


65 


PENNSYLVANIA— Continued. 


LOCATION. 


Mechanicsburg  

Gratitude  J  

Brookville  

Oley  

Eagle  

Philadelphia  National 

Shawnee  

Taylor  

Welcome  

Macungy  

Radiant  Star  

Integrity  

Mount  Airy  

Fairfield  

Mercantile  

Tacony  

Curtis  

Richmond  

Twin  City  

Monterey  .  

Bros,  of  

Protection  

Lehicton  

Tremont   

Berwick   

Priam  

Peters'  Creek  

Clarion  

Upland  

Fort  Necessity. .   

Venango  .  

Commercial  

Templar   

Perry  

Eureka   

Atlantic  

Leiperville  

Mountain  

Siloam  

"     Bros,  of  

Adelphic   _ 

Catasauqua  .   


215 
216 
217 
218 
219 
223 
225 
226 
229 

|23i 
{232 

234 
235 

1236 

I237 
238 

239 
240 
241 

242 
(( 

243 

1 244 

,245 
1246 

i247 
1 248 

1252 
1253 
1254 
255 
256 

258 

259 
260 
262 
263 
264 
265 

a 

268 
269 


Mechanicsburg 
!  Conshohocking 

[  Brookville  

!  Manatawny  

I  Huntingdon  V. . 

j  Philadelphia  

{  Plymouth  

Ashland  

Philadelphia  

Fogelsville  

Philadelphia  

N.  Columbus 

Mount  Airy  

Montoursville  _ 

Philadelphia  

Bridesburg  

Norristown  

Philadelphia  

Alleghany  City. 
Lancaster  


Philadelphia 

Easton  

Tremont  

I  Berwick  

Troy  . . 

Finleyville  . . 

Clarion  

Chester  

Uniontown  _ 

Franklin  

Philadelphia 

Liverpool  _ . 
Greenbriar  . 
Philadelphia. 

Chester  

Orangeville. . 
Newtown  


Rutland  

Catasauqua. 


AMOUNT. 

$    10  12 

9  40 
137  00 

6  38 
29  40 
54  84 

7  20 

38  80 

III  GO 

28  80 
52  00 

5  00 

25  00 
10  00 
72  00 

29  40 
36  00 

2  20 

222  GO 

IGI  74 

III  GO 

36  00 

28  80 

26  76 
17  60 
31  GG 
25  00 

79  40 
100  00 

22  00 
86  00 
50  00 

8  63 

6  10 

36  OG 
97  GG 

23  85 

14  4G 

IG  OG 
2G  GG 

39  OG 


66 


Appendix. 
PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


NAME  . 

Mystic  

Palistine  

Liberty  

William  Penn  

Rose  Tree  

Mount  Joy  

Conquenessing  

Calumet  

Lily  of  the  Valley  

Ajalon  

Merchants'  

Mineral  

Mohegan  ...  

Angerona  

Paoli  

Lackawanna  

Vulcan  

Alhambra  

Ashland  

Apollo   

Unity  

Greenwood  

Bros.  of.. 

Walker  

Triune  

Conyngham   

Kingsessing  .  

Alemania  

Orphans'  Home  

Pocahontas  

Chihuahua  

Ringgold  

Penn  Township  

Great  Island  

Bros,  of 

Mercer  

Fairview  

Purity  

Hanover  

Spring  House  

Cowenesque   

Conestoga  ^ .  _ 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


270 
271 
272 

277 
278 
279 
281 
282 
283 

285 
288 
289 
290 
291 
292 
293 

294 
296 
300 
301 

306 

307 

308 

309 
312 

315 
316 

317 
318 
319 
320 

323 
324 
325 
327 
329 
332 

334 


Holmesburg  . 
Philadelphia. 

Haverford  

Media  

Mount  Joy_. 

Butler  

Danville  

Pottsville  

Philadelphia. 


St.  Clair  

Lebanon   

Pittsburg  

Tredyffrin  _  _ 

Scranton  

Wilkesbarre 
Greenville-  _ . 
Philadelphia, 

u 

New  Hope  _ 

Millerstown  . 
ii 


Germantown  . 
Middletown  _. 
Conyngham  _. 
Kingsessing  .. 
Philadelphia.. 
Williamsburg  . 
West  Chester. 
Wrightsville  _. 

Tamaqiia  

Philadelphia. . 
Lock  Haven.. 


Mercer  

Oxford  

Philadelphia  _ . 

Hanover  

Spring  House. 

Mansfield  

Safe  Harbor. 


AMOUNT. 

$  118  50 
50  00 
25  00 
14  65 

100  GO 

24  40 

8  80 

25  00 

25  00 

10  00 

14  40 
36  00 
36  00 

122  GO 

22  88 

25.  GG 

25  00 

29  40 

15  40 

25G  GO 
25  00 

68  94 

50  GO 

5  00 

15  15 

50  GO 
61  GG 

14  4G 

61  GG 
25  00 

43  00 

122  GG 

16  GG 

38  G4 

7  20 

IGG  GG 

2G  GO 

15  GG 
IG  GG 

14  4G 


Appendix. 


67 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


NAME.  J  NO. 

Quittapahilla  1335 

Bros,  of! 

Pittsburg   1336 

Peace  and  Love  337 

Loller  j338 

Warren.  j339 

Kittanning  1340 

Manoquesy  I341 

Humane  I342 

Improvement  '344 

Providence  345 

Palladium  346 

Reading  348 

Cressona  1349 

Moss  Rose  '350 

Marble  Hall  1351 

Cadwalader  I353 

Neptune  I354 

West  End  ^355 

Amphiction   356 

Sincerity  357 

Myerstown  ;358 

BanAer  '359 

Mount  Moriah  1360 

Strasburg  . .  '361 

St.  Clair  ,362 

Pughtown  1363 

Yohogany  '364 

Tonnaleuka   ^365 

Beaver   _  1366 

Cove.  -   368 

Octoraro   I370 

Oneida  1371 

Stoyston   --'372 

Kosciusko  1374 

Mount  Olive  '375 

Albion  376 

Nucleus  377 

Banyan  Tree.  378 

Freeport  379 

Mackinaw  380 

Donaldson   382 


LOCATION. 


Annville 


Pittsburg- _ 
Jenkintown 
Hatboro'  _  _ , 
Warren  


Kittanning  

Bethlehem  

York  

Philadelphia  

Kulpsville  

Indiana  

Reading  

Clark   

Mount  Pleasant 

Barren  Hill  

Philadelphia  


Hamlinton  

Thompsontown  . 

Myerstown  

New  London  

Pittsburg  

Strasburg  

Temper'ville  

Pughtown  

McKeesport  

Uniontown  

Rochester  

Woodbury  

Penning'ville  

Dallas  

Stoystown  

Rawlinsville  

Philadelphia  

Albion  

Monongahela  

Cabinet  

Freeport  

North  Bloomfield 
Donaldson  


31  16 
29  50 
150  00 

24  40 

7  20 

25  00 

1 1  00 
31  60 

72  00 
29  40 

12  20 
46  00 

8  80 
20  00 
20  00 
50  00 

25  00 
1 1  00 
20  00 

7  20 

45  55 

9  40 

73  80 
102  20 

10  00 
216  00 
10  00 

44  45 
100  00 
100  00 

52  50 
4  40 

1720 

26  04 

14  40 
72  00 

4  40 
38  20 
10  00 
61  00 

15  00 
24  40 


68  Appendix. 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


NAME. 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


384 

385 
386 
388 
390 
391 
392 

393 
394 
396 
397 
398 
402 


Cohocksink  

Chatham  

Zocco  _  _  - . 

General  Worth  

Brandywine  

Coopersburg  

Black's  Eddy  

Archbald  

Kossuth  

Patterson  

Frankford  "  . 

Economy  

Block  House  

Eastern  Star  

American  Star  [405 

Cocalico   _  I408 

Day  Spring   I409 

Earl    1413 

Robert  Blum  1414 

Fidelia   .  -I415 

Cherry  Tree  1417 

Path  Valley.-'  I419 

Little  Britain   1420 

Neshamony  I422 

423 
424 

425 
426 
428 
430 
431 


Starucca 

Rhine   

Hoffnung  

Uncas.    

Highland  

Norris  

George  S.  Morris  

Ivanhoe  I432 

Blairsville  1436 

Hebron   |437 

Somerset  '438 


West  Newton 

Monocacy  

Veritas  

Hiawatha  

Roaring  Spring 

Valley  

Wangum  


440 
441 
443 
444 

445 
446 

448 


Philadelphia  

Chatham  

Pittsburg  

Connellsville  

Downingtown  

Coopersburg  

Point  Pleasant  

Archbald  

Media  

Sadsburyville  

Frankford  

Lower  Providence . 

Liberty  

Unionville  

Philadelphia  

Rearnstown  

Pittsburg  

New  Holland  

Alleghany  City  


Grant  

Roxbury  

Oak  Hill  

Hulmeville  

Susquehanna 

Pittsburg  . 

Wilkesbarre  . . 
Yardleyville  .. 

Ebensburg  

Norristown  __. 

Pittsburg  

Sugartown  

Blairsville  

Cockranville . . 

Somerset  

West  Newton 
Douglassville 
Philadelphia.. 

Addison  

Martinsburg  . 
Sheshequin  _ . . 
Hawley  


Depot. 


AMOUNT. 

$  72  00 
20  00 
50  00 

33  44 
100  00 

30  GO 

24  40 
36  GO 

7  2G 

5  88 
19  4G 

12  2G 
IG  GG 
30  GG 

IGO  GG 

13  2G 
100  GG 

7  2G 
72  GG 
IGG  GG 
2G  GG 

14  4G 

5  00 
33  80 
47  88 
100  00 
29  40 
19  4G 
14  4G 
III  GG 
2  11  GG 

25  GG 
29  4G 

14  4G 

15  GG 
52  30 

7  20 

50  GO 

14  GG 

12  2G 

36  25 

18  80 


Appendix. 
PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


69 


NAME. 


LOCATION'. 


Pennsburg  449 

Temperance  453 

Pilgrim  .  1455 

Peace  and  Union  456 

White  Haven  '457 

Upper  Dublin  458 

P.  Magee  460 

Berlin  461 

Equal  Rights  464 

Aurora  465 

Madison  466 

Falls  of  Schuylkill  467 

Waynesburg  469 

Aughwick  .  472 

Altoona  473 

Middleport  ^474 

Henry  Lambert  '475 

Meridian  Sun  '477 

Wallen  Paupack  1478 

Alpine  ';479 

Huron  483 

Fort  Littleton  484 

'    "  Bros,  of!  " 

St.  John's  487 

Asylum  488 

Arbon  489 

Lincoln  492 

Du  Progres  1495 

Saxonia  496 

Red  Stone  1499 

Youngsville  500 

Academy  502 

Wyalusing  503 

Mingo  1505 

Blucher  j5o6 


Iroquois 

Drumore  

Fayette  City 

Thistle  

Residenz  

Neversink  . . 
Gallitan  


508 
509 
511 
512 

513 
514 
517 


1  Pennsburg  

i  Etna   

Lionville  

Riegelsville . . 
I  White  Haven 
'  Jarrettown  .  _ . 

Pittsburg  

Berlin  

Philadelphia  . 


Pottstown  

Falls  of  Schuylki] 

Waynesburg  

North  Hamilton. 

x\ltoona  

Middleport  

Pittsburg  

Philadelphia  

Newfoundland 

Brady's  Bend  

Jackson   

Fort  Littleton. 


Port  Perry  

New  Era  

Blossburg   

Providence   

Philadelphia  

Saxonburg   

Upper  Middletown. 

Youngsville  

Frazer   

Camptown  

Strattonville  

McKeesport  

Philadelphia  

Green  

Fayette  City  

Pittston  

Scranton   

Birdbsoro'  

Smithfield  


70 


Appendix. 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


Meshoppen  

Neshannock   

Alma  

Red  Jacket  

Shamokin  Valley  

Trevorton  

Braddock's  Field  

Normal  

Veranda  

Long  Swamp  

Butler...-   .... 

Nockamixon  

Rhizoma   _ 

Locust  Mountain  

North  Huntingdon... 

Alliance  

Latrobe  . 

Carmel  

Auburn  

Colerain  

Greenboro  

Allaquippa  

Elysburg   

Elias  Wildman  .  ..  _ 

Herndon  

Mahanoy  

Humboldt   

Worth  

Youghiogheny  

Perrysville  

Caernarvon  .  _  _  _ 

Hoshimka   

Manor  

Coalmont  . 

Gratztown  

Colfax   

Lost  Creek  

New  Washington  

Ellsworth  

Williamsport  

Rich  Hill  

Sandy  Lake  .  . 


520 
521 
523 
524 
527 
528 

529 
531 
532 
534 
535 
536 
537 
538 
539 
540 
541 
542 
543 
544 
545 
547 
548 
549 
550 
551 
553 
554 
555 
556 
557 
558 
560 

561 
563 
565 
566 

567 
568 

570 
571 
573 


LOCATION. 


Meshoppen  

North  Wilmington  

Johnstown   

Factory  ville   

Snyderstown  

Trevorton  

Braddock's  Field  

South  Canaan  

Altoona  

Long  Swamp  

Drum's  

U.  Bl'k's  Eddy  

Wilmore  

Ashland  

Irwin's  Station  

Scranton   

Latiobe  

Salem  X  Roads  

Auburn    

Kirkwood   

Greensboro'   

Hopewell  

Elysburg  

Pittsburg   

Cressona   


Mahanoy....  

Philadelphia  

Hendersonville  

Duncan   __. 

Port  Royal  __. 

Morgantown  

Waynesburg  

Lee's  X  Roads  

Coalmont  . 

Gratz   

Masontown  

Miffintown  

North  Washington.. 

Sacramento  

Williamsport  

Wind  Ridge  

Sandy  Lake  


AMOUNT. 

$     5  00 

31  25 

III  00 

47  66 

5  00 
10  00 
10  00 
30  00 
24  40 
50  00 
20  00 
17  70 

35  39 
24  40 
20  40 

24  40 
29  40 

17  20 
12  20 
14  40 
12  20 

18  40 
88 

100  00 
14  40 

9  40 

36  60 

9  40 
10  00 

10  GO 

4  40 

29  40 

5  00 

14  40 

15  00 


15 
12 

7 
5 

25 
4 


38 
20 
20 
00 
00 
40 


20  05 


Appendix. 
PENNSYLVANIA —Continued. 


71 


LOCATION. 


General  Grant  575 

Summit  576 

General  Steuben  578 

Broad  Top  City  579 

Bros,  of  " 

Goethe  580 

Oliphant  581 

Ninevah  583 

Uhland   ---'584 

J.  B.  Nicholson  585 

Centralia  586 

Tarentum  587 

Six  Mile  Run  588 

Oil  City   5*89 

Bros,  of   " 

Marysville  590 

Shenandoah   591 

W.  G.  Brown  592 

West  Middlesex  . .  593 

Saxton  594 

"     Bros,  of   " 

Renovo  595 


Hamilton  15  96 

Schubert  '597 

Hebel  1599 

Bloody  Run  j6oo 

Bros.  of..  " 

Magnolia  '602 

Uniontown  '603 

Cherusker  

Wells  Valley  

Amor  


605 
607 
608 

Monitor  609 

610 
611 
612 
614 

615 
616 


North  Wales 

Freeburg  

West  Fairview 

Augusta  

Mineral  Point 
Rich  Valley.. 

Watsontown  . .  '619 

Fort  Augusta  620 


Mahanoy  City.. 

Summit  Hill  

Philadelphia  

Broad  Top  City. 


Philadelphia. 

Oliphant  

Nineveh   

Philadelphia  _ 

Wilkins  

Centralia  

Tarentum  

Six  Mile  Run. 
Oil  City  


Marysville  

Shenandoah   

Sheakleyville  .  _ . 
West  Middlesex 
Saxton  


i  Renovo  

I  " 

i  Philadelphia. 

!  Lancaster  . . . 
I  Bloody  Run. 


Phiilipsburg.  . 

Pillow   

Philadelphia . . 
Well's  Tan'ry. 

Marchand  

Penn  Station.. 
North  Wales.. 

Freeburg  

West  Fairview 

Augusta  

Apollo  

Mansfield  Val. 
Watsontown  . . 
Sunbury   


72 


Appendix. 


PENNSYLVANIA— Continued. 


LOCATION. 


AMOUNT. 


of.. 


Paxton  

Valley  Echo  

Beavertown  

Slateington  

Concord  

Bainbridge  

New  Buffalo  

Linglestown  

Mount  Carmel  . 

Arcana  

Dempseytown  . . 

Live  Oak  

Lebanon  Valley  _ 

Horton  

Seely  Creek  

Elm  

Energetic  

Emlenston  

Bros. 

Warrior  Run  

William  Youdan 

Kinnear  

Farmer's   649 

Mount  Holley  650 

Leechburg  65 1 

Granite  652 

Montana   _  653 

Lisbon  654 

Griffin  655 

"     Bros,  of 

Bellevernon  

Selah  

Sellers ville   

West  Freedom, 

Prosperity   1661 

Amazon  |662 

Letterkenny  j663 

Amicus   .665 

Eden  666 

667 
668 
669 


621 
622 
623 
624 
626 
627 
628 
629 
630 
631 
632 

635 
636 

639 
641 
642 

643 
644 

a 

645 
647 
648 


656 
658 


Lackawaxen 
Taylorville. . 
Glen  Hope  - . 


Dauphin  

Beaver  Falls. . 

Beavertown  

Slateington  

Mifiinville  

Bainbridge  

New  Buffalo  ._ 
Linglestown  . . 
Mount  Carmel 

Wesley  

Dempseytown. 

Harford  

Lebanon  .  .  

Hortonville  

Dagget  Mills . . 

Plymouth  

Philadelphia  . . 
Emlenston  


Turbottville  

West  Elizabeth  

Harmony  

Summit  Station  

Mount  Holly  Springs. 

Leechburg  

Alleghany  City  

Bendersville  

Carmichaels  

Roaring  Branch  ) 


Bellevernon  . 

Manheim.  

Sellersville  

West  Freedom  .  _ 

Delpsburg  

Williamsport. .  . . 
Upper  Strasburg 

Brady  

Tidioute   

Hawley  

Lackawanna   

Glen  Hope  


Appendix 
PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


73 


NAME. 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


AMOUNT. 


Sodi  670 

Coal  City   671 

Laurel  672 

Paul  Ketterlinus  673 

McCoysville  674 

William's  Valley  675 

W.  H.  Devore  676 

Mount  Union  --  677 

Plumstead  ,678 

Burnside  679 

Petrolia  680 

New  Albany  '682 

Green  Valley  683 

Mountain  Home  684 

Gnadenhutten  686 

Granville  Centre  687 

Ariel  688 

Coalville  689 

James  L,  Graham  690 

Weatherly  691 

J.  S.  McDonald  692 

Coal  Valley  694 

Drift*n  695 

Vesta  696 

Bro.  J.  Foster. . 

John  F.  Logan  

Morris  Run  

Bros,  of.- 

Tunkhannock   

Caledonian  . .  

Blackmore  . .  

McWilliams  .  

Moscow  ^703 

Bright  Star   1705 

Blain  706 

Harper's  1707 

Lamberton  1708 

Kingston  ^709 

Harrisonville  710 

lola  711 

Osage  |7I2 

Claysburg  1713 

Bros,  of....!  " 


.697 
698 

n 

'699 

700 
701 
702 


,  Plainsville  . . 

I  New  Castle  

I  Punxutawny  

j  Philadelphia  

I  McCoysville  

I  Williamstown  . . . 

j  Wilkinsburg  

!  Mount  Union  

j  Plumsteadville  . . 

'  Burnside  

j  Rouseville  

New  Albany  

I  Aleppo  

i  White's  Tan'y  

i  Lehighton  

1  Granville  Centre 

I  Kittanning  

j  Hendricksburg. _ 
I  Alleghany  City . . 

i  Weatherly  

i  Sewicklyville  

j  Coal  Valley  

I Jeddo   

:  Pike  Run  


Coal  Bluffs 
Morris  Run 


Tunkhannock. _ 

Philadelphia  

Webster  

Richfield  

Moscow  

McVeytown  

Blain  

Peckville  

Harrisburg  

Kingston  

Harrisonville  . . 

lola  

Lehman  

Sarah  .  


74 


Appendix. 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


Quakertown  

Petroleum  Centre  

Lake  Shore  

United  

Occidental  . . 

Luzerne   

"      Bros,  of  

Dexter  

Star  

New  Bethlehem  

Heginsville  

Bloomington  

Bros.  of. 

lona  

R^-insburg  

Remembrance  

Mount  Bethel  

Jacksonville  

Crawford  

Putneyville  

Mount  Hor  

Aqua  

Dayton  

Valley  Home  

Invincible  

Natrona  

Martin's  Creek  

Bros,  of 

Benton  

Osceola  . . 

Zeno   

Beaver  Valley  

Jeansville  

Salladaysburg  

Sharpsburg  


NO. 


Mingle 

Mainsburg  

Tower   

Washington  Irving. 

Corn  Planter  

Beaver  Falls  

Derry  . 


714 

715 
718 
719 
720 
721 

a 

723 
724 

725 
726 

728 
a 

729 
730 
731 
732 

733 
734 
735 
736 
737 
739 
740 

741 
743 
745 

746 

747 
748 

749 
750 
751 
752 
753 
754 
755 
756 
757 
758 
759 


LOCATION. 


Richland  Centre  

Petroleum  Centre 

Erie  

Philadelphia  

Beaver  

Pittston  


Shousetown  

Philadelphia  

New  Bethlehem 

Heginsville  

Dawson  Station  . 


Newberry  , 

Rainsburg  

Philadelphia . . 
Mount  Bethel.. 

Kent  

Meadville  

Putneyville  

Cassville  

Girardville  

Dayton  

Fairfield  

Millsboro  

Natrona  

Martin's  Creek 


Benton  .. 

Osceola  Mills.. 

Ormsby  

Homewood  

Jeansville  

Salladaysburg. . 

Sharpsburg  

Troutville  

Mainsburg  

Tower  City  

Philadelphia  

Oil  City  

Beaver  Falls... 
Washingtonville 


AMOUNT. 


2  20 

^52  25 

27  92 

10  00 

24  40 

34  75 
34  00 

61  GO 
20  CO 

7  20 
54  34 

9  50 
10  00 

31  00 
10  00 

2  20 
54  40 
38  20 
30  00 
79  19 
36  55 
12  25 

7  80 
18  65 

32  00 

10  GO 
5G  GG 
26  60 

67  6g 

12  2G 
36  GG 
2  2  GG 

3  32 
25 

15  GG 

9  36 

IG  GO 

4  40 

5  OG 


Appendix. 


75 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


Ahiman    760 

Vincent  _   762 

Silurian  763 

Mizpah   -  _  764 

Fall  Brook  765 

May   _  767 

Scenery  Hill  1  770 

Waterfall  773 

Clintonville  I774 


Amicita  , 

Turtle  Creek. 


775 
777 


LOCATION. 


Bowman's  Creek  . 

East  Vincent  

Hyde  Park  

Moorestown  

Fall  Brook  

Wyoming  

Hillsboro  

Waterfall  Mills..., 

Clintonville  

Pattonville  


Post  Office  Order,  Lodge  not  known  

Difference  in  per  cent,  in  amount  sent  to  Wiscon- 
sin and  Michigan  


9 
17 


40 
59 


24  40 
10  00 

19  57 

7  52 
I  58 

14  24 

47  70 
22  98 
24  50 
13  20 

8  85 


$24,530  21 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


Phila(felphia 

Pittsburg  

Morning  Star. . 

Franklin  

Hebron  

Dauphin  

Washington  

Mount  Vernon 
Siloam  


I 
2 
3 
4 
8 
10 
II 
14 
17 


Juniata   19 

Carbon  

Delaware  County . . 

Fredonia  

Apollo  

Mnemoloton  

Heneosis  Adelphon 

Reading  

Ashland  . .   

National  

Jordan  _   


21 
32 
36 
38 
40 
42 
43 
45 
47 
55 


LOCATION. 

Philadelphia  

Pittsburg  

Philadelphia  

Pottsville  

Reading  

Harrisburg  

Lancaster  

York  

Philadelphia  

Thompsontown 
Mauch  Chunk  . 
Village  Green. - 
Philadelphia  

Danville  

Erie  

Reading  . 

Philadelphia  _ . . 


AMOUNT. 


25  00 

II  00 

10  GO 

10  00 
25  CO 
33  20 
25  00 
14  40 

150  00 

5  00 

11  00 

10  GO 

50  OG 

25  GG 

IG  GG 

IG  GG 

50  00 

50  00 

25  00 

25  00 


76 


Appendix. 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 


NAME. 

Olive  

Beaver   

Apalachian  

Olympus  

Excelsior  

Lawrence  

Clarion  

Big  Spring  

Flourtown  

Perry   

Allegheny  

William  Pitt  

Hamburg  

Pennsylvania  

Peace  Branch  

Montgomery  

Lehigh  

Waynesburg  

Freeman  

Armin  

W.  F.  Packer... 

Altoona  

Aurora  

Scott  

Shekinah  

Perseverance  

Eureka   

Valley  Union  .  _ . 

Star  

Fort  Augusta  

Uncas  

Vulcan  

Buffalo  Valley.. 

Eagle   - . 

Wayne  

Monroe  

Salem  . 

Tremont  Union 

Arcturus  

Fountain  . 

Clay  

Moshannon  


NO.  LOCATION. 

56  Harrisburg  

67  Hazelton  

69  Hollidaysburg  _ . 

82  Meadville  

85  Pottstown  .  _ 

86  New  Castle  

90  Clarion  

92  Newville  

94  Flourtown  

100  Duncannon  

101  Allegheny  City . . 

104  Cochranville  . 

106  Hamburg  . . 

Ill  Philadelphia  

114  Bedford  

115  Merion  Square.. 

118  Fogelsville  

119  Waynesburg  

121  Linwood  

124  Scranton  

127  Johnstown  

129  Altoona  

130  Wilkesbarre  

132  Tamaqua  

134  Ashland  

135  Germantown  

137  Halifax  

138  Easton  

139  Bethlehem  

140  Sunbury  

144  Lebanon   

145  Wilkesbarre  

157  Lewisburg  

158  Hanover  

159  Hamlinton  

161  Stroudsburg  

162  Salem  X  Roads 

167  Tremont  

168  Blairsville  

170  Summit  Hill  

172  Mahoney  City. . 

173  Phillipsburg  


Appendix. 
PENNSYLVANIA— Continued. 


77 


NAME. 

Shiloh  

Canton  

Shenango  

J.  B.  Nicholson 

Zion  

Butler  

Freeport  

Youngsville  

Oneida  


174 
184 
186 
187 
191 
193 
195 
201 
207 


LOCATION 

West  Fairview 

Canton  

Sharon  . 

Tarentum  

Coalmont  

Drum's  

Freeport  

Youngsville  .  _ 
Lehman  


3  25 

5  00 

5  00 

5  00 

10  00 

10  00 

10  00 

5  00 

2  25 


$  1,447  40 


FROM   R.   D.  LODGES. 


Charity 
Salome 


3 
30 


LOCATION. 


Easton 
York  . 


AMOUNT. 

ID  00 
2  20 

12  20 


FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


Methojiist  Episcopal  Church,  McVeytown  . 

Finance  Committee,  Grand  Lodge  

Through  J.  H.  Henry,  Shewsbury  

L  D.  Steel,  New  Buffalo  

C.  J.  Bruner  

Henry  Clement  

George  A.  Cesna  

Richard  Clay,  of  Fort  Du  Quoin,  Pittsburg. 


12  00 
50  00 
30  00 
12  35 
5  00 
I  00 
88 
5  00 


$     116  23 


DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 


Chambersburg,  Clothing,  estimated  _   

1$ 

15 

00 

CASH  RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED. 

To  W.  M.  Stedman,  R.  W.  D.  G.  M   

$  2 

,610 

74 
00 

McAllisterville  Lodge,  No.  716,  McAllisterville. . . 

20 

$  2 

5630 

74 

78 


Appendix. 


PENNSYLVANIA—  Continued. 

TOTAL    AMOUNT   OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges  

"  Encampments 
R.  D.  Lodges 
"     Other  Sources 


Less  amount  returned 


Add  value  donation 


$24,550  21 
1,447  40 
12  20 
116  23 


$26,126  04 
2,630  74 


1$  23,495  30 
1         15  00 


Amount  retained  for  Relief    1^23,5 10  30 


RHODE  ISLAND. 


FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Eagle    2 

Roger  Williams   3 

Hope   4 

Harmony   5 

Good  Samaritan   8 

Canonicus   9 

Woonsocket   10 

Rhode  Island   12 

United  Brothers   13 

Manufacturers  i  15 

Sevarts  !  18 

Friendly  Union  


NO. 


200 

50 
200 

50 
250 

ICQ 
ICQ 

230 
25 


GO 
00 
GO 
GG 
GG 
GG 
GG 
GG 
GO 
GO 
GG 


50  00 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

NO. 

AMOUNT. 

Moshassulk  

2 

S    50  00 

Appendix. 
RHODE  ISLAND  — Continued. 


79 


DONATIONS  OTHER   THAN  CASH. 


NAME. 

NO. 

!  AMOUNT, 

1 

Manufacturers  

13 

 valued!  $     47  00 

DONATIONS  RECEIVED   AND  RETURNED. 


NAME. 


Mechanics 


NO. 

14 


LOCATION. 


Hope  Valley 


AMOUNT. 

$    25  00 


TOTAL   AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


Received  from  Lodges  

"  Encampments 


Retained  by  Committee. 


$1,355  00 
50  00 


$1,405  00 


SOUTH  CAROLINA 


FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

!  NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Lafayette   8 

Chester    

$     10  00 

CASH   RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED. 


NAME. 

Marion  . 


AMOUNT. 


S    30  00 


8o 


Appendix. 


TENNESSEE. 

FROM  LODGES. 


Washington  _   I  5 

Howard   |  13 

Strangers'  Refuge - 

Union  

Haywood  

Pythagoras.  

Calhoun  

East  Tennessee  

Lincoln   

Richmond  

Safe  Retreat  

Tullahoma  

Aurora  

Phillips  

McKendree  

Knoxville  

Culleoka   

Milan  


14 

19 
20 

23 
26 

34 
50 
59 
77 

lOI 

105 
1 1 2 

136 
138 
143 
155 


LOCATION. 


Dresden  

Gallaten  

Murfreesboro'- . 

Winchester  

Brownsville. .  _  _ 

Clarksville  

Fayetteville  

Knoxville  

Lynchburg   

Richmond  

Mooresville  

Tullahoma  

Nashville  

Chattanooga  

Fountain  Head. 

Knoxville  

Culleoka  

Milan  


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Wildey   

7 

Murfreesboro  

$     10  00 

FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


Hugh  Carroll,  from  sundry  parties 

Mrs.  Fernandez  

Lewis  Abbott  

W.  N.  Carr   

T.  L.  Marshall  

G.  P.  Gibson  _   

G.  F.  Fuller  

J.  B.  Haddox  

A.  H,  Coussens  


Appendix.  8i 


TENNESSEE  —Continued. 

FROM  OTHER  SOURCES. 


P.  Billiad  

R.  H.  Barry  

William  Boyd  

E.  D.  Farnsworth  _. 

J.  L.Weakley  

Robert  Thompson.. 

W.  G.  Pearson  

John  Harper  

J.  A.  Adcock  

D.  G.  Reed  

Gustave  Werein  

Alexander  Bennie 

A.  C.  Coutellier  .... 

W.  K.  Dobson  

W.  C.  Gunn  

H.  C.  Shutz  

William  Gadsey  

W.  H.  Trafford  

Nathan  Fry  

Charles  Katzeustein 

Newton  Recton  

Hugh  Carroll  

D.  H.  Felts  

Daniel  Donoho  

W.  H.  Fletcher  

B.  Wright  

George  F.  Lloyd  — 
J.  R.  Harewell  

C.  B.  Hall  

Wm.  Chidsey  

Wm.  Hailey  

C.  Burr  

B.  R.  Cutler  

A.  W.  Cady  


5  oo 

I  oo 

I  oo 

lo  oo 

lo  oo 

lo  oo 

lo  oo 

5  oo 


oo 
oo 
oo 
oo 
oo 
oo 
oo 
oo 
oo 

5  oo 
5  oo 
I  oo 
5  oo 
5  oo 


oo 
oo 
oo 
oo 
oo 
5  oo 
lo  oo 
lo  oo 
5  oo 
5  oo 
5  oo 
lo  oo 


$  195  00 


TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges  

"  Encampments 
"     Other  Sources 

F 


$    784  50 
10  00 
195  00 


82 


Appendix. 


TENNESSEE  —  Continued. 

TOTAL  AMOUNT  OF  CONTRIBUTIONS  CONTINUED. 


Returned  to  H.  C.  Hensley,  Treasurer. .$19  05 
Expense  in  Nashville     16  25 


»    989  50 
35  30 


Total  amount  retained   $    954  20 


TEXAS. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Wildey 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


Paris 


AMOUNT. 


S    27  50 


VERMONT. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

Green  Mountain 

Caledonia  

Lake  Dunmore. 
C.  A.  Miles  .... 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


6 
1 1 
31 


I  ,  Burlington  


St.  Johnsbury. 
Middlebury 
St.  Albans.. 


I  AMOUNT. 


IOC  GO 

ICQ  GO 

30  GG 

61  GG 


$     291  GG 


VIRGINIA. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 

Washington.  . 

Jefferson  

Old  Dominion 

Union  

Monroe  

Lafayette  

Friendship  


NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

2 



Norfolk  .  _  

$        50  GG 

4 

Richmond  

IG  50 

5 

Portsmouth  

IG  GG 

7 

Richmond  

5  00 

8 

Petersburg  

25  GG 

9 

Norfolk   

5  00 

10 

Richmond   

25  GG 

Appendix. 


83 


VIRGINIA—  Continued. 


NAME. 


Harmony   19 

Loudoun   26 

Charity     27 

Potomac   38 

Myrtle   50 

Rockbridge   58 

Thompson    88 

Henderson  105 

Mount  Sidney  119 

Blackberry.   ;  124 

Greble  ii37 

Schiller  _  _  .  _ . . '  139 

Stiiart  1141 


LOCATION. 


Norfolk   $ 

Leesburg  

Warrenton  i 

Alexandria  _  _  ! 

Fredericksburg  , 

Lexington   j 

Marion  | 

Manchester.  

Mount  Sidney  

j  Blackberry  

I  Hampton  . 

I  Richmond  

Manchester  


118  50 

20  CO 

6  25 

20  GO 
26  00 
20  00 

8  40 

25  GO 

5  00 

IG  GO 
60  00 
20  00 
25  GO 


$   494  65 


WEST  VIRGINIA 


FROM  LODGES. 


LOCATION. 


Virginia  

Virginius  

Franklin  

William  Tell  

Monongalia  

Panola  

West  Columbia  

Ravenswood  

Concord   '  19 

Liberty.   21 

Tuscarora  ■  24 

Kanawha  j  25 

Gratitude  '  26 

Sharon   28 

Grafton   31 

Point  Pleasant   33 

Magnolia    42 

Mount  Hebron  j  43 


Harper's  Ferry  

Wheeling  

Morgantown  

Wheeling  

West  Columbia  

Ravenswood  

Wheeling  

Hartford  City  

Martinsburg  .  _  

Charleston  

Hedgesville   

Parkersburg  

Grafton  

Point  Pleasant  

North  Martinsville.. 
Bloomery  


AMOUNT. 

;        25  GO 

50  00 

100  00 

50  00 

25  GO 

50  GO 

10  GO 

27  75 

25  GO 

IGO  GO 

25  GO 

50  GO 


50 


00 
GO 


10  GO 
50  GO 
10  GO 

35  00 


84 


Appendix. 


WEST  VIRGINIA— Continued. 


NAME. 

Clifton  

Eureka  

"  Lodge  Committee 

Lincoln  

Cassander  


45 
48 
<( 

49 
53 


LOCATION, 

Clifton  

Wheeling  _ . . 

Benwood  

Kabletown 


AMOUNT. 


25  00 

71  00 
90  00 

25  00 

10  GO 


$   918  75 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


NAME. 

Abram's  

Wheeling  

Toliver  


AMOUNT. 


RECEIVED  AND  RETURNED. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Clarksburg,  Bros.  of.. 

37 

Clarksburg  _  

1    30  00 

TOTAL  CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Lodges    

"     Encampments   . 

Less  returned  

Amount  retained  for  Relief 


$   948  75 
100  00 

$  1,048  75 
30  00 

$  1,018  75 


Appendix. 


^5 


WISCONSIN 

FROM  LODGES. 


Hope 


Hercules 


NO. 

LOCATION. 

12 

Shiillsberg  

17 

Madison  _  .  ...  

72 

Monroe  

112 

Fond  du  Lac   _ 

164 

Forrest  

181 

Staffordsvillc-  

100  00 

25  00 

50  00 

75  00 

5  00 

1 2  00 

267  00 


FROM  ENCAMPMENTS. 


Wisconsin 
Golden  Rule 

Jefferson  

Sparta.  

Berlin  

Union  

9 


I 
18 
32 
36 
39 
52 


LOCATION. 


Milwaukee 
Green  Bay. 
Jefferson  _ . 

Sparta  

Berlin  . 

Plymouth  . 


10  00 

7  00 

5  00 

4  00 

5  00 

8  00 


39  00 


TOTAL  CASH  CONTRIBUTIONS. 


From  Loda^es  

"  Encampments 


$    267  00 
39  00 


$    306  00 


NEW  MEXICO. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Paradise. 


LOCATION. 


2    Sante  Fe  _  I  $     90  00 


86 


Appendix. 


EUROPE. 

FROM  LODGES. 


NAME. 


Helvetia  _ . 

Saxonia  _ . 
Germania. 
Borussia . . 


NO. 


LOCATION. 


Zurich  _ . 
Dresden 
Berlin  _  _ 


From  4  Charter  Members  of  Templar  Lodge,  No.  4 

Being  in  American  Gold   

Premium  on  same   

Wurttenberg  Lodge,  No.  i,  of  Stuttgart  .  . 


Total  contributions. 


Thalers. 
12  27 
82  25 
70  CO 

41  15 
8  GO 


12 
65  71 


$     238  41 


UNKNOWN 


Currency  sent  without  any  data 


$     56  00 


DONATIONS  OTHER  THAN  CASH. 


Provisions  and  Clothing   estimated. 


ICQ  00 


ILLl^  OlS—lRevised.^ 

DONATIONS  REPORTED  SENT  BUT  NOT  RECEIVED. 


NAME. 

NO. 

LOCATION. 

AMOUNT. 

Prairie   

Perry    

Macedonia    

20 
97 
315 

Russelville  cash 

Tamaroa  ..provisions 
Macedonia   cash 

$        15  00 
42  GO 

34  00 

$        91  OG 

Many  donations  were  sent  directly  to  Lodges  or  individual  members,  or  to  the  Relief 
iNi>  Aid  Society,  and  which  therefore  do  not  appear  herein. 


Appendix. 


87 


RECAPITULATION. 

Amount  of  Cash  received  and  retained  by  the  Coimnittee  and  the 
Jurisdictions  sending  the  same  : 


Alabama   

Arkansas  

California  . .  .  

Colorado  

Connecticut  

Delaware  

District  of  Columbia  

Georgia  

Illinois  .  

Indiana  

Iowa    

Kansas  

Kentucky    

Louisiana  : . 

Lower  Provinces,  B.  N.  A. 

Maine  .  

Maryland  

Massachusetts   

Michigan    

Minnesota  

Missouri  

Nebraska  

New  Hampshire  

Ne^v  Jersey  .  

New  York  

Nevada    

North  Carolina  

Ohio  

Ontario   

Oregon   

Pennsylvania   

Rhode  Island  -  _  _ 

South  Carolina. ...  

Tennessee    

Texas    

Vermont  

Virginia  

West  Virginia   

Wisconsin   . . 

New  Mexico  

Europe  

Unknown  


%  10  CO 

202  00 
14,469  90 

175  GO 

2,341  36 

1,196  25 

885  GO 

252  GO 

17,932  8g 
4,868  39 
3.288  13 
1,163  50 
835  88 

2GG  00 
36 

1,050  GG 

1,841  50 

3,290  48 

196  50 

611  15 

2,405  GG 

IG5  GG 

7GG  GO 

2,131  50 
10,625  71 

i>625  75 
50  00 

2,333  00 
1,965  96 
1,781  91 
23.495  30 

1,405  GG 
IG  GG 

954  2G 

27  50 

291  GG 

494  65 
i,Gi8  75 

306  GG 

90  GO 

238  41 

 56  00 

$107,075  84 


88  Appendix. 


Amount  of  Cash  returned  by  the  Committee^  per  resolution  of 
March  23,  1872  : 


California  

District  of  Columbia. 

Georgia  

Illinois  

Indiana  

Iowa  

Kansas  

Maryland  

Massachusetts  

Missouri  

New  Jersey  

New  York  ...  

Ohio   

Oregon  

Pennsylvania  

Rhode  Island  

South  Carolina  

Tennessee  

West  Virginia  


I 


1,970  77 
43  25 
17  90 
642  60 
66  50 
20  37 

136  GO 
117  20 
150  CO 

323  95 

100  00 

206  46 

90  00 

25  00 
2,630  74 
25  00 

30  GO 
19  05 
30  CO 


%     6,644  79 


Donations  other  than  Cash,  ( estimated :) 


Illinois  

Indiana  

Kentucky  

Massachusetts  . . 

Missouri  . 

New  Hampshire 

New  York  

Ohio  

Pennsylvania  

Rhode  Island  - . . 
Unknown  


1,055  00 

150  OG 
1,895  48 

4,iGG  86 
50  00 
787  65 

20  OG 
9,179  GO 
15  GO 

47  00 

I  GO  GG 


$   17,399  99 


Total  amount  contributed  in  cash  ajid  donatiofis 


Amount  of  Cash  retained  for  Relief. . 

"  "  returned  

Value  of  Donations  other  than  Cash. 


$107,075  84 
6,644  79 
17,399  99 
$  131,120  62 


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